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President Nana Akufo-Addo has submitted to Parliament for approval, through the President, Alban Bagbin, a list of names to be appointed as ministers in his new government.
The list includes the names of some 46 people who are expected to fill ministerial positions and help the president fulfill his term over the next four years.
Before this official statement, the head of communications, in the presidency, Eugène Arhin issued a statement indicating that the total number of ministers appointed by the president during his second term will not exceed 85.
This contrasts sharply with the 126 ministerial appointments that characterized his first term.
While the president has kept many of the appointments from his previous term, a few notables have not made the cut this time around.
Among those who have been excluded from this list of candidates are the Chief Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the Minister of Local Government, Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Railways and Development, Joe Ghartey, the Ministry of Public Works and of Housing Samuel Atta Akyea and Attorney General and Minister for Justice Gloria Akuffo.
However, some of the appointees who served as deputy ministers in Akufo-Addo’s first term have seen their portfolios elevated to ministers responsible for their respective ministries.
The Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, and the former Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame, have both been appointed substantive ministers.
Ken Ofori-Atta has been kept at the Ministry of Finance alongside Alan Kyeremanten who will retain his post as Minister of Commerce.
Ablekuma West MP Ursula Owusu-Ekuful will remain in the Communications Ministry while Opoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah will remain Minister of Information.
Meanwhile, new faces have been introduced.
Ahanta West MP Kojo Kum has been assigned to the Ministry of Chiefdom and Religious Affairs, while the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources will be headed by Damongo MP Samuel Abdulai Jinapor.
In addition, seven ministries in total, namely aviation, business development, downtown and Zongo development, monitoring and evaluation, regional planning, reorganization and development and special initiatives of development, have been integrated or aligned with other ministries or governments. agencies.
The Office of the Chief Minister was, however, abolished.
According to the president, the special purpose ministries have all achieved the purposes for which they were created, hence the changes.
In total, President Akufo-Addo announced a total of 30 ministers and 16 regional ministers, bringing the total number of ministers to 46, of whom eight are women – six ministers and two regional ministers.
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