Tag Archives: Ministers

New ministers to begin work tomorrow

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, has announced that all new ministers appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and now approved by Parliament, will begin official work tomorrow, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. He made this known after a three-day retreat the president had with his new ministers at the …

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Akufo-Addo swears in the first batch of Ministers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will later today March 5, 2021, swear in his first batch of Ministers who were vetted and approved by parliament. MyNewsGh.com’s sources at the Presidency revealed that a total of 13 out of 46 minister-designates will be sworn into office at the Jubilee house Out of …

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Salary Of Ministers In Ghana

Salary Of Ministers In Ghana – A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. Thus being a minister is a very lucrative and prestigious profession. President Nana Akufo-Addo has submitted to Parliament for the approval, through the …

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Akufo-Addo nominates 46 Ministers; Osafo-Marfo’s office scrapped

President Akufo-Addo says he will appoint a total of 46 Ministers in his government, a cut from the 126 that served in his first term. The President in a statement Thursday said the list of Ministers will be submitted to Parliament today. The statement noted the President has scrapped the …

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Akufo-Addo reduces ministries to 29

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reduced the number of ministries in his second term to 29, from 36. A report by the state-owned newspaper, Daily Graphic, states that the number of ministers, deputy ministers and regional ministers to be appointed will not exceed 85. “The list of qualified Ghanaians who will …

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Akufo-Addo scraps ministries; reduces ministerial appointments by a third

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has done away with eight of the new ministries he created in his first term. It is trite knowledge that the President has no space to create a large number of ministries and appoint 123 ministers because of Ghana’s hung parliament status. In the end, there were …

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Ministerial list: Here are those who have been dropped, maintained and reshuffled – Report

The old is gone; all is set for new ministerial appointments. What will comprise this new administration and what numbers are we looking at? Rumours are so far rife about a possible pruning of the previous administration comprising of 110 ministers and the number projected for this one is 70. …

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Appointment of caretaker ministers: Haruna Iddrisu ‘schools’ Akufo-Addo, says it’s illegal

Haruna Iddrisu, the leader of the NDC caucus in Parliament has described as “unlawful” and “illegal” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s recent appointment of some ministers he administered the nation within his first term as ‘caretaker ministers’. Citing a Supreme Court judgement, the Tamale South MP explained that in J. H. …

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Akufo-Addo appoints caretaker ministers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed caretaker ministers to hold the fort pending the substantive appointments. This follows the expiration of his first term and the commencement of his second four-year term on January 7, 2021. The action is in accordance with the Presidential Transition Act, 2012, (Act 845), to avoid …

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