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Akufo-Addo appoints 50 deputy ministers, four new ministers

By Kwasi Adu
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President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed four more ministers and 50 deputy ministers of state.

The president, in a statement, said he had forwarded their to parliament for vetting.

The Appointments Committee of Parliament, is therefore, expected to vet them and approve or reject their nomination for the various ministries.

Here are the names of the appointed individuals:

They are as follows:

Ministers of State: 

  1. Minister of State at the Office of the President – Public Procurement– Hon Sarah Adwoa Safo
  1. Minister of State at the Office of the President – Hon. Brian Acheampong
  2. Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture – Dr. Nurah Gyeile
  3. Minister of State at the Ministry of Education – Prof. Kwesi Yankah

 Deputy Ministers:

  1. Ministry of Finance

– Hon Kwaku Kwarteng

– Hon Abena Osei Asare

– Charles Adu Boahen

  1. Ministry of Energy

 – Hon Owuraku Aidoo

– Hon Joseph Cudjoe

– Dr. Mohammed Amin Anta

  1. Ministry of Local Government

and Rural Development

– Hon Osei Bonsu Amoah

– Hon Collins Ntim

– Hon Kwasi Boateng Agyei

  1. Ministry of Information

– Hon Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

– Hon Ama Dokuaa Asiamah Agyei

– Perry Curtis Kwabla Okudzeto

  1. Ministry of Agriculture

– Hon William Agyapong Quaitoo

– Hon Dr Sagre Bambangi

– Hon George Oduro

  1. Ministry of Trade and Industry

– Hon Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah

– Robert Ahomka-Lindsey

  1. Ministry of Roads and Highways

– Hon Kwabena Owusu Aduomi

– Hon Anthony N-Yoh Puowele Karbo

  1. Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources

– Hon Benito Owusu Bio

– Hon Barbara Oteng Gyasi

  1. Ministry of Works and Housing

– Hon Freda Prempeh

– Hon Eugene Antwi

  1. Ministry of Education

– Hon Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum – Hon Barbara Ayisi Acher

  1. Office of Attorney General

– Godfred Dame

– Hon Joseph Dinkiok Kpemka

  1. Ministry of Health

 – Hon Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu

– Hon Tina Mensah

  1. Ministry of Railways Development

– Hon Kwaku Agyenim Boateng

– Hon Andy Appiah-Kubi

  1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 – Hon Mohammed Habbib Tijani

 – Charles Owiredu

  1. Ministry of Communications

– Hon George Andah

– Hon Vincent Sowah Odotei

  1. Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation

– Hon Patrick Boamah

– Hon Michael Yaw Gyato

  1. Ministry of Defence

– Hon Maj. Derrick Oduro

  1. Ministry of The Interior

– Hon Henry Quartey

  1. Ministry of Environment, Science

– Hon Patricia Appiagyei

  1. Ministry of Regional Reorganisation

– Martin Agyei-Mensah Korsah

  1. Ministry of Transport

– Hon Nii Kwartei Titus Glover

  1. Ministry of Employment And Social Welfare

– Hon Bright Wireko Brobbey

  1. Ministry of Fisheries And Aquaculture

– Hon Francis Kingsley Ato Cudjoe

  1. Ministry of Aviation

– Hon Kwabena O. Darko-Mensah

  1. Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs

– Hon Paul Essien

  1. Ministry of Gender, Children

– Hon Gifty Twum Ampofo

  1. Ministry of Youth And Sports

– Pius Enam Hadzide

  1. Ministry of Tourism, Creative Arts And Culture

– Hon Dr Ziblim Barri Iddi

  1. Ministry of Monitoring And Evaluation

– Hon William Kwasi Sabi

The president has so far appointed 110 ministers and deputy ministers, a move that has provoked anger in a section of the public.