{"id":272789,"date":"2011-01-05T12:15:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T12:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=44731"},"modified":"2011-01-05T12:15:21","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T12:15:21","slug":"mills-drops-his-bomb-tetteh-enyo-zita-out-of-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/05\/mills-drops-his-bomb-tetteh-enyo-zita-out-of-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Mills Drops His Bomb Tetteh-Enyo, Zita Out Of Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-44684\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/04\/official-cabinet-reshuffle-prez-mills-finally-changes-his-team\/attamills_mps\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44684\" title=\"attamills_mps\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/attamills_mps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a>In less than 24 hours after the  national Petroleum Authority (NPA) increased petroleum prices by 30  percent, raising complaints and murmurings of its consequences on the  population, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills has dropped his first bomb of  the year, by reshuffling ten of his cabinet ministers, with indications  of a further reshuffle.<br \/>\nPresident Mills\u2019 reshuffle, announced on  the first working day of 2011, which he had earlier declared a year of  action, came with a number of surprises and casualties.<br \/>\nThe  much-expected reshuffle saw the exit of Mrs. Zita Sabah Okaikor,  Minister of Tourism and Mr.  Alex Tetteh-Enyo, Minister of Education.<br \/>\nIn  a statement signed by Mr. J.K. Bebaako-Mensah, Secretary to the  President, Mr. Martin A.B.K. Amidu, until yesterday the Minister for the  Interior, has been moved to serve as the Minister of Justice and  Attorney General.<br \/>\nMr. Amidu, who was the 2000 presidential  election running mate to President Mills, was a former Deputy Attorney  General under President Jerry John Rawlings\u2019 administration.<br \/>\nMrs.  Betty mould-Iddrisu, who was chastised by some members of the ruling  party as being the cause of the number of cases lost at the law courts  by the government, has been moved to the Ministry of Education to  replace the outgoing Minister, Alex Tettey-Enyo.<br \/>\nThe Eastern  Regional Minister, Mr. Sameul Ofoso-Ampofo, is to take over from Mr.  Joseph Yieleh Chireh as the Minister of Local Government and Rural  Development.<br \/>\nMr. Ampofo, a former National Organiser of the  national Democratic Congress (NDC), and who served in various  capacities, was until yesterday, the Eastern Regional Minister.<br \/>\nA  legal guru, Dr. Benjamin Kumbuor, has been appointed Minister for the  Interior. The new Interior Minister served as Deputy Minister of Health  until his substantive Minister, Dr. Sipah Yankey, resigned to fight  allegations of bribery against him, n what became known as the M&amp;J  saga, and was promoted the substantive Minister of Health.<br \/>\nMs.  Akua Sena Dansua, Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi in the Volta  Region, has been appointed Minister of Tourism, to replace Zita Okaikoi.<br \/>\nAkua  Dansua, who also received a number of flak by party members on a number  of occasions, served as the Minister of Sports until her new  appointment. Her former portfolio has been taken over by the Anlo  Constituency legislator, Mr. Kofi Humado.<br \/>\nMr. Joseph Yieleh  Chireh is the new minister of Health, after serving as the Minister of  Local Government and Rural Development, while Mr. Mike Hammah, MP for  Efutu in the Central Region, has been moved to the Ministry of Lands and  Natural Resources. Mike Hammah was until yesterday, the Minister of  Transport.<br \/>\nAlhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Lands and Natural  Resources, has been moved to superintend the Ministry of Transport, with  Dr. Kwesi Akyem Apea-Kubi appointed as the Eastern Regional Minister,  to take over from Mr. Ofosu Ampofo.<br \/>\nIn the official press  release, the President stated: \u201cFurther Ministerial, as well as Deputy  Ministerial appointments will be announced in due course.\u201d<br \/>\nThis  latest move by the President has sent cold shivers down the spines of  ministers and deputy ministers, according to political observers, as  their fate was undecided.<br \/>\nThe jury is still out on whether or not  the new look of the President\u2019s team would complement his declaration  of 2011 as a year of action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In less than 24 hours after the national Petroleum Authority (NPA) increased petroleum prices by 30 percent, raising complaints and murmurings of its consequences on the population, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills has dropped his first bomb of the year, by reshuffling ten of his cabinet ministers, with indications of a further reshuffle. 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