{"id":283506,"date":"2017-01-10T16:33:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T16:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=283506"},"modified":"2017-01-10T16:33:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T16:33:09","slug":"list-of-1st-batch-of-nana-addos-ministerial-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=283506","title":{"rendered":"List of 1st batch of Nana Addo&#8217;s ministerial appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo has named some 13 persons as ministers-designate for various portfolios, to serve in his government.<\/p>\n<p>Making the announcement at the Flagstaff House today [Tuesday], Akufo-Addo noted that, the individuals he named were persons he trusted and was confident in their ability to help improve the various sectors in which they will be serving.<\/p>\n<p>He said his government will revert to having a portfolio of a Senior Minister, as it was in the erstwhile John Kufuor Administration.<\/p>\n<p>He said Mr Yaw Osafo Marfo, a retired banker, engineer and former Minister of State, would occupy the portfolio of Senior Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Among the changes, Akufo-Addo announced, was a merger of the Ministry of Energy, Petroleum and Power, to be led by Boakye Agyarko.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_283528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283528\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-283528\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/71b36d9b-7ff8-4491-8ef2-7333360b1558.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Ofori-Atta and Nana Addo\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-283528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Ofori-Atta and Nana Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Find the full list below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senior Minister &#8211; Yaw Osafo-Maafo<\/p>\n<p>National Security Minister &#8211; Albert Kan Dapaah<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Trade and Industry &#8211; Alan Kyeremanten<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Finance &#8211; Ken Ofori-Atta<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Agriculture &#8211; Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Energy &#8211; Dr. Boakye Agyarko<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Defence &#8211; Dominic Nitiwul<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Interior &#8211; Ambrose Dery<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Shirley Ayorkor Botchway<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General \u00a0&#8211; Gloria Akuffo<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Local Government &#8211; Hajia Alima Mahama<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Education &#8211; Matthew Opoku Prempeh<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Health &#8211; Kwaku\u00a0Agyemang-Manu<\/p>\n<p>Akufo-Addo noted that, on Wednesday and Thursday, he will announce more names of individuals who will serve in his government.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministers-designate named by the President will vetted\u00a0and confirmed to serve in their respective offices as Ministers, if they are found qualified by the vetting committee of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has urged parliament to effectively scrutinize all his appointees and not &#8220;rubber stamp&#8221; them in &#8220;wholesale&#8221; as qualified.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnyabor\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @jnyabor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo has named some 13 persons as ministers-designate for various portfolios, to serve in his government. Making the announcement at the Flagstaff House today [Tuesday], Akufo-Addo noted that, the individuals he named were persons he trusted and was confident in their ability to help improve the various sectors in which they will be serving. 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