{"id":6454,"date":"2013-01-20T23:16:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T23:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2013\/01\/president-mahama-names-more-ministers-haruna-iddrisu-heads-ministry-of-trade-and-industry\/"},"modified":"2013-01-20T23:16:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T23:16:12","slug":"president-mahama-names-more-ministers-haruna-iddrisu-heads-ministry-of-trade-and-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/01\/20\/president-mahama-names-more-ministers-haruna-iddrisu-heads-ministry-of-trade-and-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"President Mahama names more ministers; Haruna Iddrisu heads Ministry of Trade and Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ghanamma.com\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2ba8767676671_49006.jpg\" border=\"1\" class=\"c13\" \/><span class=\"peace_content_text_1\">A third batch of &#8220;ministerial nominations&#8221; has been made by President John Mahama, according to a statement signed by Dr. Raymond A. Atuguba, Executive Secretary to the President.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent among the nominees is &#8230; Haruna Idrisu who heads the Ministry of Trade and Industry<\/p>\n<p>The nomination, according to the statement, is in consonance with Article 78 of the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the list of the appointees;<\/p>\n<p>1. Dr. Henry Seidu Daannaa, Ministry of Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs.<br \/>2. Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi, Ministry of the Interior.<br \/>3. Hon. Mark Woyongo, Ministry of Defence.<br \/>4. Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, Ministry of Trade and Industry.<br \/>5. Hon. Abdul Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts.<br \/>6. Mr. Nayon Bilijo, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development.<br \/>7. Hon. Alhassan Azong, Minister of State at the Presidency.<br \/>8. Hon Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, Minister of State at the Presidency.<br \/>9. Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare, Minister of State at the Presidency.<br \/>10. Hon. Fifi Kwetey, Minister of State at the Presidency.<br \/>11. Alhaji Limuna Mohammed Muniru, Minister of State at the Presidency.<br \/>12. Hon. Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah, as Minister of State at the Presidency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advisor<\/strong><br \/>Mr. P.V. Obeng as a Senior Presidential Adviser at the Presidency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presidential priority projects<\/strong><br \/>1. Hon. E. T. Mensah.<br \/>2. Hon. Alban Bagbin.<br \/>3. Hon. Cletus Avoka.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GIPC<\/strong><br \/>Ms. Mawuena Dumor Trebah &#8211; Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"peace_content_text_1\">The President has previously submitted to Parliament a list of persons to be considered for Ministerial appointments.<\/p>\n<p>They include:<br \/>1. Hon. Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor, Minister in Charge of Government Business in Parliament.<br \/>2. Mrs. Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, Minister for Justice and Attorney-General.<br \/>3. Mr. Emmanuel Armarh Kofi Buah, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.<br \/>4. Mrs. Dzifa Attivor, Ministry of Transport.<br \/>5. Nii Armah Ashietey, Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations.<br \/>6. Ms. Hanny-Sherry Ayittey, Ministry of Health.<br \/>7. Mr. Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, Ministry of Youth and Sports.<br \/>8. Seth Terkper \u2013 Finance Ministry<br \/>9. Hannah Tetteh\u2014Foreign Affairs Ministry<br \/>10. Akwesi Oppong Fosu \u2013 Local Government<br \/>11. Clement Humado \u2013 Agric Ministry<br \/>12. Prof Nana Jane Opoku Agyemang \u2013 Education<br \/>13. Inusah fuseini \u2013 Lands and Natural Resources<br \/>14. Amidu Sulemana \u2013 Roads and Highways Ministry<br \/>15. Collins Dauda \u2013 Water Resources Works and Housing<br \/>16. Dr Omane Boamah \u2013 Communications Ministry<br \/>17. Mahama Ayariga \u2013 Information Ministry<br \/>18. Dr Joseph Oteng Adjei\u2014 Ministry of Science, Environment and Technology<br \/>19. Nana Oye Lithur \u2013 Gender, Children and Social Protection<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A third batch of &#8220;ministerial nominations&#8221; has been made by President John Mahama, according to a statement signed by Dr. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}