President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, for the first time in 7 years, made significant changes to his government.
There had been reports since last week about the impending reshuffle. This follows years of public pressure on the president to reshuffle his appointees as many believe most of them have underperformed.
The demand for a reshuffle reached a crescendo during the peak of the economic crisis when Members of Parliament from the governing New Patriotic Party publicly called on the president to relieve the Finance Minister of his duties.
Although there were reports that he had agreed to let Ken Ofori-Atta go after when the country finally struck a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he failed to do so.
But just months to the end of his tenure, he has announced a major reshuffle of the government.
While some of the ministers have been reassigned to other ministries with some Deputies taking over their positions, others have lost their space in the government.
Among those who have been kicked out of the administration include Ken Ofori-Atta, who was the Minister of Finance, Former Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako-Atta, former Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu and Lariba Abudu, former Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister.
Mohammed Amin Adam has been nominated to take over as Finance Minister, Fatimatu Abubakar elevated to the substantive Minister for Information while her former boss Kojo Oppong Nkrumah heads to the Works and Housing Ministry.
NHIS boss, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has also been nominated as Health Minister, former Deputy Energy Minister Andrew Egyapa Mercer reassigned to replace Ibrahim Mohammed Awal as Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister.
Member of Parliament for Binduri Abdulai Abanga has also been reassigned from his position as Deputy Works and Housing Minister to the Local Government Ministry as Deputy.
In a statement making the announcement, the president expressed his appreciation to the outgoing ministers and deputies for their “commitment, competence, dedication and hard work in office” while urging Parliament to expedite the approval of the nominees to take over.
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