How 23-Year-Old, Emma Bagged Deputy Ministerial Appointment
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Jul 17, 2020
Emma Theofilus, a Namibian lady, has been appointed as the country's deputy information and technology minister.
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Afnews gathered that Emma 's appointment has made her Namibia's youngest minister and member of parliament.
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Emma was appointed by the country's president, Hage Geingob and it was criticised by the country's old elites who questioned her capacity and competence.
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However, the young lady said she is not inexperienced and she is able to do anything she sets out to do.
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She said: "I do not think I am special, but I do not think I am inexperienced, and I do not think being young or female has anything to do with my appointment. Anything I set myself to and any environment I want to work into, I can do it; so the issue of inexperience does not hold any water.ÔÇØ
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Emma was appointed Namibia's deputy minister of information, communication and technology in March 2020, as part of Hage Geingob's second term cabinet.
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