At Long Last:Pres.Akufo-Addo removes Ken Ofori-Atta, Ambrose Dery; Oppong Nkrumah moved to Works and Housing

 

 

 

 

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has removed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta in a major ministerial reshuffle announced on Wednesday, February 14.

Approximately 13 current ministers of state, including 10 cabinet ministers and two regional ministers, have been affected by the reshuffle.

 

 

1 Finance – Ken Ofori-Atta
2 Interior – Hon. Ambrose Dery, MP
3 Health – Hon. Kwaku Agyeman Manu, MP
4 Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation – Hon. Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, MP
5 Information – Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, MP
6 Roads and Highways – Hon. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, MP
7 Works and Housing – Hon. Francis Asenso Boakye, MP
8 Gender, Children and Social Protection – Hon. Lariba Abudu, MP

9 Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Devt – Hon. Dan Botwe, MP
10 Sanitation and Water Resources – Hon. Freda Prempeh, MP
11 Tourism, Arts and Culture – Ibrahim Mohammed Awal
12 Greater Accra Region – Hon. Henry Quartey, MP
13 Oti Region Mr. – Joseph Makubu

Following the re-organisation of the Government, President Akufo-Addo has submitted to Parliament, for prior approval, through the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the names of the following persons for appointment as Ministers and Deputy Ministers of State, in accordance with articles 78, 79 and 256, respectively, of the Constitution:

 

President Akufo-Addo has also re-assigned the following Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers of State to new offices and has directed that they assume their respective duties with immediate effect.

 

Source:Citi Newsroom