{"id":283509,"date":"2017-01-10T16:08:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T16:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=283509"},"modified":"2017-01-10T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T16:08:37","slug":"osafo-marfo-named-senior-minister-designate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/osafo-marfo-named-senior-minister-designate\/","title":{"rendered":"Osafo-Maafo named Senior Minister designate"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s first batch of minister designates has seen Yaw Osafo-Maafo earmarked for the Senior Minster position.<\/p>\n

This announcement was made by President Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff House today [Tuesday], where he also announced 12 other nominated Minister designates, pending parliamentary approval.<\/p>\n

The Senior Minster position was a designation under the erstwhile Kufuor Administration. The Minister will supervise the activities of all other appointees and ensure discipline at all levels.<\/p>\n

In making the announcement, President Akufo-Addo said Mr.\u00a0Osafo-Maafo, an experienced economist, will help Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who will be heading the country’s economic management team, to put the country on sound economic footing.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Osafo-Maafo served as the Minister of Finance, later Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, during the Kufuor Administration. He held this position from February 2001 and January 2005.<\/p>\n

Between 2005 and 2006, he became the Minister of Education,\u00a0Youth and Sports.<\/p>\n

He is credited with leading the implementation of the free basic education referred to as then as the Capitation Grant.<\/p>\n

Mr. Osafo-Maafo is an engineer and a project analyst by training and he established his credentials as a banking and finance leader by heading and successfully restructuring two major Ghanaian banks, the Bank for Housing and Construction and the National Investment Bank between 1979 and 1992.<\/p>\n

He has been a Consultant to the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme.<\/p>\n

Mr. Osafo-Maafo is the past Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the West African Bankers Association, and a founding Deputy Chairman of the Ghana Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n

He has served as Chairman and a board member on a number of corporations including Nestle Ghana Limited, National Trust Holding Company, Merchant Bank Ghana Limited, National Development Planning Commission, Divestiture Implementation Committee and Donewell Insurance. He is a fellow of the Ghana Institution of Engineers and an Honorary Fellow of the Ghana Institute of Architects.<\/p>\n

He is also a\u00a0fellow of the Ghana Institution of Engineers and an Honorary Fellow of the Ghana Institute of Architects.<\/p>\n

Find the full list below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senior Minister – Yaw Osafo-Maafo<\/p>\n

National Security Minister – Albert Kan Dapaah<\/p>\n

Minister of Trade and Industry – Alan Kyeremanten<\/p>\n

Minister of Finance – Ken Ofori-Atta<\/p>\n

Minister of Agriculture – Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto<\/p>\n

Minister of Energy – Boakye Agyarko<\/p>\n

Minister of Defence – Dominic Nitiwul<\/p>\n

Minister of Interior – Ambrose Dery<\/p>\n

Minister of Foreign Affairs – Shirley Ayorkor Botchway<\/p>\n

Attorney General \u00a0– Gloria Akuffo<\/p>\n

Minister of Local Government – Hajia Alima Mahama<\/p>\n

Minister of Education – Matthew Opoku Prempeh<\/p>\n

Minister of Health – Kwaku\u00a0Agyemang-Manu<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana with files from Ministerial Leadership Initiative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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