List of current ministers and their deputies in Ghana

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

  1. Andrew Ejiaba Mercer, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
  2. Lydia Seram Alhassan, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources
  3. Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural
  4. Development
  1. Ophelia Mensah Hayford, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
  2. Darkwa Newman, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection
  3. Dr Bernard Okoye Boye, Minister of Health
  4. Fatima Abubakar, Minister of Information
  5. Abena Osei-Asare, Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance
  6. Titus Glover, Minister for the Greater Accra Region
  7. Daniel Machator, Minister for Oti Region

The 14 Deputy Ministers-Designate include:

  1. Sylvester Tetteh, Deputy Minister for Information
  2. Charles Acheampong, Deputy Minister-designate for the Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation
  3. Adelaide Ntim, Deputy Minister for Health
  4. Alexander Akwasi Acquah, Deputy Minister for Health
  5. Vincent Ekow Assafuah, Deputy Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development
  6. John Kobina Sanie, Deputy Minister for Energy
  7. Collins Adomako Mensah, Deputy Minister for Energy
  8. Dr. Prince Hamidu Armah, Deputy Minister for Works and Housing
  9. Kingsley Nyarko, Deputy Minister for Education
  10. Festus Awuah Kwofie, Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour
  11. Akwasi Konadu, Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
  12. Musah Abdul Aziz Ayaba, Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development
  13. Dr. Benjamin Sekyere Yeboah, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection
  14. Dr Alexander Ampaabeng, a Deputy Minister Designate for Finance.

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