The much-anticipated and widely rumoured ministerial reshuffle is out.
The changes saw a few new entrants in the Akufo-Addo administration. The Member of Parliament for Mfantseman, Ophelia Mensah, is coming in fresh as the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation.
The Member of Parliament for Okaikwei South, Newman Dakoa, has been appointed as the Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection.
Some key personalities, like the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta; the Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu; and the Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, have all been shown the exit.
The Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Amin Adam, is now the Minister for Finance.
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye, has been appointed the Minister for Health, and the Member of Parliament for Techiman South, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah, has also been named the Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation, and Rural Development.
On the other hand, some appointees have been re-assigned to different ministries. The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is taken to Works and Housing, and his deputy, Fatimatu Abubakari, replaces him.
The substantive minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso Yeboah, has been moved to Roads and Highways.
The Greater Accra Minister, Henry Quartey, is now the Minister for the Interior.
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