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  Details picked up by The Herald on the three key individuals in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) from the Volta Region, namely Pius Enam Hadzide, Perry Curtis Okudzeto and Richard Ahiagba, have not been snubbed by President Akufo-Addo as being speculated. Reports point out that John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Railway Development, is the only indigene from the Volta Region, holding ministerial appointment in the Akufo-Addo government, as well as the Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archi...

Appointing 85 Ministers, Still an Elephant Size government- Youth Activist By Tahiru Lukman Tahiru Lukman Youth Activist, Development Consultant & Pan-African Author Constitutionalism demands a democratic process with laydown principles. Amongst which is the elected president to constitute his government. One subject that continues to take center stage in the size of government with an emphasis on the size of ministerial portfolios to be created. It does appear, Ghanas 1992 constitutions have ...

Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Special Aide to John Dramani Mahama Joyce Bawah Mogtari, an aide to Former President John Dramani Mahama has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo reduced the number of ministers in his government because Ghanaians sent a strong message to him during last year’s elections about how he formed his government. She said Mr Akufo-Addo had no option but to do so. President Akufo-Addo has in a statement signed on his behalf by the Acting Director of Communications at the Pr...

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, expects more stringent scrutiny of Mavis Hawah Koomson and Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the nominees for the Fisheries and Communications and Digitalisation portfolios respectively.

According to him, it was needless for the creation of the Zongo ministry in the first term of the NPP. His comments come after the government took a bold decision to scrap the Ministry of Inner Cities and Zongo Development. Speaking on Accra-based Starr FM, Essuman said "Ghana a poor country had 126 ministers, and such embarrassment was defended by the President who said he was in a hurry." "Only God knows where he was in a hurry to. What was the achievement of a ministry like the procurement m...

Akufo-Addo creates new ministry, re-aligning seven ministries JAN 21, 2021 President Akufo Addo has announced that on Thursday he will submit to Parliament his first set of proposed ministers and regional ministers for the approval as the constitution demands. In a statement from the presidency, signed by the acting Director of Communication, Eugene Arhin, the president has re-aligned seven ministries, Aviation, Business Development, Inner City and Zongo Development, Monitoring and Evaluation,...

Ghana press headlines abolition of 7 ministries, others Ghana-Press-Review January 22, 2021 to 10:50 309 APA – Accra (Ghana) The abolishment of seven ministries in his new government and the reappointment of more than 16 ministers by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo are some of the trending stories in the Ghanaian press on Friday. The Graphic reports that Presiden...

Ghanaian president Akufo-Addo scraps 8 ministries, 41 ministerial posts

  The umbrella trade body in the country, the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) says it welcomes the president’s nomination of Alan Kyeremanten as Trade Minister-designate. This comes after the Acting Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin on Thursday, January 21 released a full list of central government and regional ministers to serve in the second term of the Akufo-Addo administration pending approval by Parliament. Reacting to the nomination on Citi Business News...