President John Dramani Mahama has announced his first set of ministerial nominees.
A statement signed by Acting Spokesperson to the President Felix Kwakye Ofosu disclosed that the President has nominated the Member of Bolgatanga East Constituency Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine to be considered as Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
Also, the President picked the current Majority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson to be appointed as Minister of Finance and John Abdulai Jinapor as Minister for Energy.
The statement added that the list of the first batch of ministerial nominees has been submitted to the Speaker of Parliament “in accordance with Article 78 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana”.
The nomination comes 2 days after the President was sworn-in as the sixth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. It also comes 3 days after similar appointments to the Office of the President were made and a day after the dismissal of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives as well as appointed assembly members.
Mahama’s campaign for the presidency was premised on a promise of economic recovery, corruption fight, unemployment reduction and the improvement of the general wellbeing of citizens.
His party’s manifesto for the just ended election spelt out a number of issues his government will be focusing on in his first 120 days as President and he has reaffirmed that he is committed to delivering on his pledges.
