Former Member of Parliament for the Kumbungu Constituency, Ras Mubarak says a large number of Ghanaians are unhappy with Parliament's approval of some ministerial nominees.

According to him, Ghanaians expected some nominees to be turned down because some of them had "question marks", which he says should have been the basis for them to be turned down.

He described these question marks as a "non-performance either in their previous portfolio or the complete lack of understanding of the portfolios that were inheriting".

In an interview with JoyNews’ Benjamin Akakpo on ‘Ghana Connect’, Ras Mubarak stressed that much of the Ghanaian frustration on these appointments stemmed from the belief that “now that Parliament is more or less 50/50, Parliament will have a unique opportunity to assert its authority as a separate institution of government."

His statement comes after Ghanaians took to their social media platforms to express their disbelief after Parliament approved 16 other ministerial nominees recommended by the Appointments Committee.

Prior to this, Parliament had approved some 13 ministerial nominees during a sitting which dragged through Wednesday night to about 3:00 am Thursday.

This brings it to a total of 29 ministers-designate who have been vetted and approved by the House.

Mr Mubarak stated that although the NDC is not happy with the outcome, the party had none other to blame but themselves.

According to him, "the NDC clearly in parliament failed to strategise going into that vote" while "NPP was able to whip all of its members, almost all of them into the Chamber for this important vote".

He said he found it mind boggling to learn that some of the party members had gone home while they knew there was going to be an important voting exercise to be undertaken.

"Parliament was on recess or on a break for a while...everybody knew the calender of parliament that this month was going to be extremely busy from approval from the appointments committee, budgets, state of the union address and the rest of it.

"So it is quite surprising that members wouldn't stay in the Chamber to do the business of [voting]", he stressed.