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First list of new ministers out
Accra, July 11, GNA - The long-awaited list of ministerial
re-shuffle was on Wednesday made public, when the Speaker,
Mr. Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes, read out the names on the floor
of the House, after informing members of a communication
received from the Presidency.
The list, which has Mr. Akwasi Osei Adjei, as Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD and Miss
Oboshie Sai Cofie, as Minister of Information and National
Orientation, puts to rest weeks of media speculation of who
gets what portfolio.
Dr. Ben Aggrey Ntim goes to the Ministry of Communication,
Nana Akomea, heads the Manpower, Youth and Employment
Ministry and Mr. Samuel Owusu-Agyei, becomes the Minister of
State in-charge of Public Sector Reforms.
Others are: Mr Joe Baidoo Ansah, Minister of Trade, Industry
and Presidential Initiatives; Mr Ambrose Dery, Minister of
State, at Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General, Ms
Cecilia Dapaah, Minister of State at the Ministry of Water
Resources, Works and Housing; Dr Anthony Akoto Osei,
Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance and Nana Obiri
Yeboah, Minister of State at the Interior Ministry.
New Regional Ministers have also been appointed, with Mr.
George Benson, now heading the Upper West; Mr. Kwadwo Afram
Asiedu, Eastern Region and Mr Alhassan Samari, Upper East.
The Speaker has subsequently, referred the list to the
Appointments Committee to begin the vetting process.
Conspicuously missing from the list, however, are some key
portfolio, including those of Education, Science and Sports
and Parliamentary Affairs, giving an indication that a
second list should be out soon.
The re-shuffle has become necessary as a result of the
resignation of a number of ministers, who are aspiring to
become flag bearers of the NPP to lead the party in the 2008
general elections.
GNA
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