President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his vice Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia are said to be putting final touches to names of those to be appointed ministers of state in the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.
Some prominent members of the party have been considered for ministerial positions while a number of them would be nominated as ambassadors and high commissioners.
According to sources, Nana Akufo-Addo’s government wants to hit the ground running immediately it’s sworn into office after on January 7, 2017 to tackle the myriad problems facing the country.
DAILY GUIDE has picked signals that Yaw Osafo-Maafo, who is heading the NPP’s transition team, is likely to be selected as a senior minister supervising all the ministers, with Dr. Bawumia as head of the economic management team.
Frema Osei Opare, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wugon, is likely to become the Chief of Staff overseeing the day-to-day activities of staff at the presidency in a different mode from the existing role carved for the position.
In the exhaustive list stumbled on by DAILY GUIDE, Nana Asante Bediatuo, a private legal practitioner, is tipped to be the Executive Secretary to the President if Nana Addo takes office.
Those penciled down as likely ministers in the incoming administration are Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, MP for Anyaa/Sowutuom (Foreign Affairs); Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, MP for Manhyia South (Health); Ambrose Dery, MP-elect for Nandom (Interior) and Dominic Nitiwul, MP for Bimbila (Defence).
Boakye Agyarko, who was the Policy Advisor for the NPP 2016 campaign, has been penciled for Petroleum and Energy with Kobby Okyere Darko-Mensah, MP for Takoradi, as his likely deputy, while outgoing MP for Kwadaso, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, is expected to head the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. MP-elect for Krowor, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye or Catherine Abelema Afeku, MP-elect for Evalue Ajomoro Gwira could be deputy.
Gloria Akuffo is likely to be named the new Attorney General with Godfred Yeboah Dame – who has been the NPP’s lawyer of late – as her deputy, while Ken Ofori-Atta of Databank fame, who was the head of the NPP’s Campaign Finance Committee, as the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.
Others who are likely to be selected include Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, MP for Ablekuma West as Minister of Communications; Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen as Minister of Trade and Industry and Hajia Alima Mahama, MP-elect for Nalerigu, as Local Government and Rural Development Minister.
DAILY GUIDE understands that film producer and staunch supporter of the president-elect, Socrates Sarfo, would be appointed deputy minister for Tourism and Creative Arts.
There is said to be intense lobbying for positions and the president-elect is said to have assured the party’s leadership that he would make appointments based on competence to ensure accelerated development of the country.
Nana Akufo-Addo has already met the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NPP and has asked the party to give him some time to finalize the list for the party’s consideration.
DAILY GUIDE has also learnt that a number of the appointees in the previous NPP government under President Kufuor who gathered a lot of diplomatic experience but have not yet been mentioned for ministerial and other local appointments, would be made ambassadors or high commissioners.
Source: Daily Guide
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Bugri Nabu penciled as minister for lorry park and Goro boys.
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@ Kojo Kobina, why would you not wait for the man to be sworn in, and wait for him to present the first budget. I hope you listened to them well as they made us to understand where the 1 million dollars was going to come from. Pls don't be pessimistic but optimistic.
Ursula is very good but her temperament is not good for communication minister. For a person who is in charge for communication we need a cool head like Akomeah or Boabeng Asamoah. Ursula is too confrontational
I will not stop asking the promise UP/NPP promised Ghanaian okay. I am still waiting for $1 million for K.E.E.A, my free school, my dam for my Village, free healthcare, free house, free wife if possible, my factory for my Village. However, did UP/NPP got somebody for the thank you service to Atoa Niama or not? or they used that Fante guy who dies in a hotel for the thank you service or not? We Ghanaians should tell our leaders why they liar to us. Who can tell me all the so-called natural resources belong to us? Go to the area where they mine Gold, diamond, Bauxite, oil etc. and see the lives they lived in from both NDC and NPP government periods. Why they lived these lives? Because all these things do not belong to Ghana. Ghana has only 10%. So why leaders promise one factory for every Village, free healthcare, free education, free wife, free school uniform, free food, everything free why? Then go to the cities dirt, dirt, dirt why? Hence these leaders will promise free things in their campaign meanwhile they do not have money to clean the gutters, clean the cities.
Haa Hajia is good but pls let take her to Gender. We need a strong man to deal with people like Dr. Callistus mahama, and the criminal DCEs in the district. Local govt is s tough place.
AM HAPPY THAT THERE IS NO STUDENT AMONG THEM
What is so special about the names? business as usaul. Job for the boys.
Togbewo & Niime will enter into ministerial drought season again; just like Kufuor time
Hon Dwuma Odoom is d best person for agric ministry