President Akufo-Addo Submits List Of Nominees For Ministers of State & Deputy Ministers to Parliament 


President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, submitted the names of 54 persons to Parliament for approval as Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers.

A statement from the presidency listed the names of the nominees for Ministers of State are as follows:

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

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

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

4. Minister of State at the Ministry of Education – 
Tertiary Education -Prof. Kwesi Yankah.			


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

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

2. Ministry of Energy- Owuraku Aidoo, Joseph Cudjoe and Dr. Mohammed Amin Anta

3. Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development – Osei Bonsu Amoah, Collins Ntim and Kwasi Boateng Agyei

4. Ministry of Information- Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Ama Dokuaa Asiamah Agyei and Perry Curtis Kwabla Okudzeto.

5. Ministry of Agriculture – William Agyapong Quaitoo, Dr Sagre Bambangi and George Oduro 

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

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

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

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

10. Ministry of Education- Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum				and Barbara Ayisi Acher

11. Office of Attorney General and Ministry of Justice –	Godfred Dame and Joseph Dinkiok Kpemka
	
12. Ministry of Health - Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu and Tina Mensah

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

14. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration			Mohammed Habbib Tijani and Charles Owiredu
					
15. Ministry of Communications- George Andah and Vincent Sowah Odotei

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

17. Ministry of Defence	– Maj. Derrick Oduro

18. Ministry of The Interior –	Henry Quartey

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


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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