According to her, the President “came to office with a lot of promises and he is working hard to achieve all of them” adding that “he has achieved quite a lot” since taking office.

She said this in an address to officials of the Ghana Embassy in the People’s Republic of China.

She noted that with a determined and focused person like the President steering the affairs of the country, there “is a lot of hope for Ghana and things are already looking good for Ghana.”

The First Lady urged the staff to project the good name of Ghana as well as seek knowledge and skills that can help develop Ghana.

“There is a lot to learn from China, therefore, those of you here should learn and bring the knowledge back home to improve the country”, she said.

The First Lady announced that, the newly constructed mother and baby unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, facilitated by the Rebecca Foundation, will be inaugurated by the close of this year, and her “next stop is Korle Bu.”

Ghana’s Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng, assured the First Lady that he and his staff will “not disappoint the president, but work hard to bring more investment into the country as well as look at the well being of Ghanaians in China.”

The First Lady is in China with a group of women entrepreneurs, some members of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), and academics, to explore investment opportunities for women businesses and investment for the people and government of Ghana.

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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This will bring to 110, the number of appointees who will be serving in Nana Addo’s administration, one of the highest in the country’s history.

In a letter addressed to the speaker of Parliament on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the president urged the house to approve the nominees which include the deputy majority leader, Adjoa Sarfo, penned to be a Minister of State at the Officer of the President in charge of Public Procurement.

The President of the Central University College, Professor Kwesi Yankah will also be the Minister of State at the Ministry of Education in charge of Tertiary education.

See the full list below:

The names of the nominees for Ministers of State are as follows:

1. Minister of State at the Office of the President in charge of Public Procurement – Hon Sarah Adwoa Safo

2. Minister of State at the Office of the President  – Brian Acheampong

3. Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture – Nurah Gyeile

4. Minister of State at the Ministry of Education in charge of Tertiary Education –  Kwesi Yankah

For the list of deputy ministers, while some ministries have been allocated three deputies, others have one, who will support the substantive ministers to deliver on the government’s mandate.

The names of the nominees for Deputy Ministers are as follows:

1. Ministry of Finance – Kwaku Kwarteng, Hon Abena Osei Asare, & Charles Adu Boahen

2. Ministry of Energy – Owuraku Aidoo,  Joseph Cudjoe, Mohammed Amin Anta

3. Ministry of Local Government and Rural Dev’t – Osei Bonsu Amoah, Collins Ntim, Kwasi Boateng Agyei

4. Ministry of Information –  Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Ama Dokuaa Asiamah Agyei, Perry Curtis Kwabla Okudzeto
5. Ministry of Agriculture – William Agyapong Quaitoo, Sagre Bambangi, & George Oduro

6. Ministry of Trade and Industry  –  Hon Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah &  Robert Ahomka-Lindsey,

7. Ministry of Roads and Highways –  Hon Kwabena Owusu Aduomi & Hon Anthony N-Yoh Puowele Karbo

8. Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources  – Benito Owusu Bio & Barbara Oteng Gyasi

9. Ministry of Works and Housing – Freda Prempeh & Eugene Antwi

10. Ministry of Education –  Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum & Barbara Ayisi Acher

11. Office of Attorney General and Ministry of Justice – Godfred Dame, Joseph Dinkiok Kpemka

12. Ministry of Health – Hon Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu Tina Mensah

13. Ministry of Railways Development – Kwaku Agyenim Boateng & Andy Appiah-Kubi

14. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration – Mohammed Habbib Tijani, Charles Owiredu

15. Ministry of Communications – George Andah & Vincent Sowah Odotei

16. Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation – Patrick Boamah & Michael Yaw Gyato

17. Ministry of Defence – Maj. Derrick Oduro

18. Ministry of The Interior –  Henry Quartey

19. Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology and Innovation –  Patricia Appiagyei

20. Ministry of Regional Reorganisation and Development –  Martin Agyei-Mensah Korsah

21. Ministry of Transport – Nii Kwartei Titus Glover

22. Ministry of Employment And Social Welfare – Bright Wireko Brobbey

23. Ministry of Fisheries And Aquaculture –  Francis Kingsley Ato Cudjoe

24. Ministry of Aviation – Kwabena O. Darko-Mensah

25. Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs – Paul Essien

26. Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection – Gifty Twum Ampofo

27. Ministry of Youth And Sports – Pius Enam Hadzide

28. Ministry of Tourism, Creative Arts And Culture – Dr Ziblim Barri Iddi

29. Ministry of Monitoring And Evaluation – William Kwasi Sabi

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The chiefs led by Nana Obonbo Sewura Lipuwura II, Paramount Chief of Nkwanta Akyode Traditional Area, complained that the levels of hardship Ghanaians are experiencing is unbearable.

Nana Obonbo Sewura Lipuwura II made the declaration on Wednesday when Akufo-Addo and the leadership of the NPP in the Volta Region paid a courtesy call on him at his palace in Nkwanta.

“Under President Kufuor’s tenure, I can say with all certainty that, all was well with Ghana. There was money in the land and in the pockets of people. However, under President Mahama men are crying, women are crying, the youth and old are all crying,” the Nkwanta Chief lamented.

“There’s a saying that you visit two markets before one can tell which is the best. We have, indeed, visited two markets over the last 16 years, and we know which is best. We know it is the NPP that can help us,” he added.

Nana Obonbo Sewura Lipuwura II also endorsed Akufo-Addo’s 1-District-1-Factory policy, adding that “we know you can do it. We have already allocated a parcel of land for the factory to be sited. We know you can do it.”

He also appealed to the NPP flagbearer “to create the Oti Region [from the Volta Region], and site the capital in Nkwanta,” if he wins power on December 7.

In concluding, Nana Obonbo Sewura Lipuwura II, reiterated the unwavering support of 56 other Chiefs in the Nkwanta Akyode Traditional Area, praying for good health, wisdom, long life for Nana Akufo-Addo.

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