{"id":284348,"date":"2017-01-12T16:56:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T16:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=284348"},"modified":"2017-01-12T16:56:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T16:56:12","slug":"profiles-of-3rd-batch-of-ministerial-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/profiles-of-3rd-batch-of-ministerial-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Profiles of 3rd batch of ministerial nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Nana Akufo-Addo named his third and final batch of ministerial appointments at the Flagstaff House today [Thursday].<\/p>\n
He named 11 personalities bringing his total list of ministerial positions to 36.<\/p>\n
Akufo-Addo has named his former spokesperson, Mustapha Hamid, as the nominee for the Minister Information, and former Member of Parliament for Madina, Abubakar Boniface Siddique, as nominee\u00a0for\u00a0the Ministry of Inner cities and Zongo Development.<\/p>\n
Find below the profiles of the latest batch of nominees<\/strong><\/p>\n PROF. GYAN BAFFOUR \u2013 MINISTER FOR PLANNING<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Professor George Gyan-Baffour is 65 years old, and is currently a Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi. From July 2002 to December 2004 he was the Director General of The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) of the Republic of Ghana where he oversaw the preparation of the first Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (2003-2005) Paper.<\/p>\n He introduced the first Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism for assessing the progress of national development called the Annual Progress Report, which is still the monitoring and evaluation tool of the national development Agenda of Ghana. He supervised the preparation of the Coordinated Program for the Economic and Social Development of Ghana (2002-2012), which is a constitutional requirement of the President of the Republic of Ghana. He led the team that prepared the first compact of the Millennium Challenge Account.<\/p>\n Before he left for the USA for academic pursuit he worked at the Ministry of Industries Science and Technology from 1974 to 1984 and rose to the rank of Senior Industrial Promotions Officer. In December 2004, he contested and won the parliamentary election to become the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi.<\/p>\n He later became the Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Planning from March 2005 to December 2008. Since January 2009 he is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Wenchi Constituency. As an MP he has served on several committees. He has been a ranking member for the Trade Industry and Tourism Committee; a member of the Education Committee; a member of the Poverty Reduction Committee; and the acting Chairman of the Special Budget Committee.<\/p>\n He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Economists of Ghana. He has been a member of various boards including the Bank of Ghana (2005-2008), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of Ghana (CSIR) from 2003 to 2005, and the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) from 2003 to 2005.<\/p>\n He holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in Industrial Relations; a Post Doctorate diploma from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government; an MA in economic policy from University of Wisconsin, Madison; a BSc. (Hons) degree in Economics from the University of Ghana.<\/p>\n HON. CATHERINE AFEKU \u2013 MINISTER FOR TOURISM, ARTS & CULTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Catherine Afeku is 49 years old, and our Member of Parliament for Evalue-Gwira-Ajomoro \u2013 her 2nd term in parliament. She hails from Axim, and holds Bachelor of Science and Master\u2019s Degrees in Business Administration.<\/p>\n She has worked with the World Bank, with Stico Petroleum in Kenya as a Business Development Consultant, and a bilingual instructor at the Inlingua School of languages, Brescia, Italy.<\/p>\n Between 2006 and 2008, she was the NPP government spokesperson on infrastructure. She is married with 3 children.<\/p>\n MAVIS HAWA KOOMSON \u2013 SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Mavis Hawa Koomson is 51 years old, holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Education, a Postgraduate Certificate in Public Administration from GIMPA, and is due to obtain a Master\u2019s degree in Public Administration, with a specialization in international relations and diplomacy, after the completion of the programme in January 2017.<\/p>\n She has been a Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya East constituency from 2012 to date. Whilst in parliament, she has served as a member of the committees on land and natural resources, and women and gender. She is married with 3 children.<\/p>\n IBRAHIM AWAL MOHAMMED \u2013 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Awal Mohammed is 55 years old, an entrepreneur and a marketer. Awal, who was adjudged the Marketing Man of the year, \u20182009\u2019 holds three master\u2019s degrees in various disciplines from different universities.<\/p>\n He has Masters in Applied Business Research \u2013 Swiss Business School, Switzerland; Executive Masters in Business Administration from the University of Ghana Business School, Legon; and a Masters in International Journalism from the University of Wales, UK. He is also at the tail end of his doctoral program at the Swiss Business School pursuing doctorate in Business Administration.<\/p>\n Ibrahim Mohammed Awal is the former Managing Director of Graphic Communications Group Limited and Chase Petroleum. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Marble Communications Group Limited, publishers of The Finder Group of Newspapers, HMW printers, Marble Consultants and Marble Developers.<\/p>\n He has worked closely with many companies, particularly, with Small and Medium Enterprises, where he offered consultancy services in the areas of business strategy, management, marketing and communications. He has also consulted for diplomatic Missions, international development partners as well as state institutions. He is married with four children and is also a product of the Ghana Institute of Journalism.<\/p>\n