CONSIDER BAGBIN FOR MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT...Students urge President Mills (PAGE 29)

The Nadowli District Students Union branches of the Wa Polytechnic and Faculty of Integrated Development Studies (FIDA) campus of UDS have appealed to President J. E. A. Mills, to give the majority leader, Mr Alban Bagbin, a ministerial position.
"Our patience is running out since we have waited all this while on His Excellency J.E.A. Mills to elevate our Member of Parliament (MP) to a ministerial status," said the union.
This was contained in a press release issued jointly by the union in Wa. According to the union, the call by the Minority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, on the President to raise Mr Bagbin’s position to a ministerial status should be solemnly considered.
"The contention of the Minority leader is on the fact that being the leader of government business, he will fast-track the laying of papers if sector minister, were not present," it added.
The union contended that besides ensuring the smooth running of government business in the House, "we the students of the district have followed with keen interest the role he played when the party was in opposition for eight years".
"He became the voice of the party, ... he should have been among the first five personalities for ministerial appointment," said the union.
It observed that the exclusion of Mr Bagbin from ministerial appointment would serve as a disregard for and peril to the chances of the party in the constituency, district and region at large.
"We, therefore, wish to appeal to his excellency, J.E.A. Mills not to be restricted by his campaign of operating on a lean government but instead, appoint others who have the charisma, confidence, innovative and leadership skills to add more arsenals to his administration in order to realise the better Ghana as envisaged in the NDC manifesto", the union concluded.