President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named a 19-member Cabinet for the government, in accordance with Article 76 (1) of the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n
Article 76 (1) stipulates: “There shall be a Cabinet, which shall consist of the President, the Vice-President and not less than 10 and not more than 19 Ministers of State.”<\/p>\n
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The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, read the President’s letter on Cabinet ministers in Parliament yesterday.<\/p>\n
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The Cabinet ministers are: Mr Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, Trade and Industry; Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance; Mr Dominic Nitiwul, Defence; Mr Ambrose Dery, the Interior; Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Foreign Affairs, and Ms Gloria Akuffo, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.<\/p>\n
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The others are Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Food and Agriculture; Mr Boakye Agyarko, Energy; Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, Education; Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Health; Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, Monitoring and Evaluation; Mr Dan Kweku Botwe, Regional Reorganisation and Development, and Mr John Peter Amewu, Lands and Natural Resources.<\/p>\n
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The rest are Mr Joseph Kofi Adda, Sanitation and Water Resources; Mr Joe Ghartey, Railway Development; Mr Ignatius Bafour Awuah, Employment and Labour Relations; Mr Kweku Ofori Asiamah, Transport; Ms Catherine Ablema Afeku, Tourism and Creative Arts, and Ms Mavis Hawa Koomson, Special Development Initiatives.<\/p>\n
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Workings of the Cabinet<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Article 76 (2) of the Constitution states: “The Cabinet shall assist the President in the determination of general policy of the government.”<\/p>\n
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Article 77 (1) stipulates: “The Cabinet shall be summoned by the President, who shall preside at all its meetings; and in the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall preside.”<\/p>\n
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Article 77(2) states: “The Cabinet shall regulate the procedure at its meetings.”<\/p>\n
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Majority and Minority disagree<\/strong><\/p>\n
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The Minority in Parliament had some issues with the exclusion of some key portfolios in the list of Cabinet ministers.<\/p>\n
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Leading the criticism, the Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, told journalists that he was surprised that the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, and the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, were not made Cabinet ministers.<\/p>\n
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He said sidelining the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development meant that the President did not prioritise the development of the 216 districts under that ministry.<\/p>\n
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Alhaji Muntaka said it was also a surprise that the President named two ministers of state as Cabinet ministers.<\/p>\n
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But the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, indicated that the President took into consideration regional and gender balance in forming his Cabinet.<\/p>\n
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Besides, he said, the non-inclusion of a minister on the Cabinet did not mean that the ministry had been sidelined, adding that the President had indicated that all ministers would be invited to Cabinet meetings.<\/p>\n
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