Nana Addo Resident President Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced his first cabinet reshuffle since taking office in January 2017.
New Ministerial Appointments and Deputy Ministers
The 24 ministers and deputy ministers nominated by
by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo approved by Parliament includes eight sector ministers, two regional ministers and 14 deputy ministers.
The confirmation took place on Friday, 17 May 2024, after Speaker of the House of Representatives Alban Bagbin convened an emergency session of Parliament.
The eight new ministers are
- Andrew Ejiaba Mercer, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
- Lydia Seram Alhassan, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources
- Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural
- Development
- Ophelia Mensah Hayford, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
- Darkwa Newman, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection
- Dr Bernard Okoye Boye, Minister of Health
- Fatima Abubakar, Minister of Information
- Abena Osei-Asare, Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance
- Titus Glover, Minister for the Greater Accra Region
- Daniel Machator, Minister for Oti Region
The 14 Deputy Ministers-Designate include:
- Sylvester Tetteh, Deputy Minister for Information
- Charles Acheampong, Deputy Minister-designate for the Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation
- Adelaide Ntim, Deputy Minister for Health
- Alexander Akwasi Acquah, Deputy Minister for Health
- Vincent Ekow Assafuah, Deputy Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development
- John Kobina Sanie, Deputy Minister for Energy
- Collins Adomako Mensah, Deputy Minister for Energy
- Dr. Prince Hamidu Armah, Deputy Minister for Works and Housing
- Kingsley Nyarko, Deputy Minister for Education
- Festus Awuah Kwofie, Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour
- Akwasi Konadu, Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
- Musah Abdul Aziz Ayaba, Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development
- Dr. Benjamin Sekyere Yeboah, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection
- Dr Alexander Ampaabeng, a Deputy Minister Designate for Finance.
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