{"id":183596,"date":"2024-05-18T03:34:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T03:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/18\/parliament-approves-new-ministers-2\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T03:34:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T03:34:07","slug":"parliament-approves-new-ministers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/18\/parliament-approves-new-ministers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament approves new Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Parliament has approved the nomination of nine Ministers of State by President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>The President in his first ministerial reshuffle since 2017 designated Dr Bernard Okoe Boye as the Minister of Health, Lydia Seyram Alhassan as the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, and Dakoa Newman as the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection among others.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Ministers of State nominated by President Akufo-Addo have also been approved by the House.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the approval, the Minority in Parliament staged a walkout ahead of the approval of Ministers and Deputy Ministers-designate by President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>The group asserts that the current economic and power crises are the result of the government\u2019s mismanagement, necessitating decisive action rather than new ministerial appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the adoption of the Appointments Committee report, Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson stated that the caucus cannot support the approval of the nominees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Speaker, the Minority does not support the nominations of these ministers, because of what the country has gone through and continues to go through, including economic crisis, food insecurity, \u201cdumsor\u201d, and reckless borrowing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusinesses are struggling. While the government has asked Ghanaians to tighten their belts, the government has loosened its belts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPiling up ministers and deputies does not signal to the Ghanaians the president understands the seriousness of the mess created.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full list of Ministerial and deputy Ministerial nominees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Health Hon. Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye; Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ophelia Mensah Hayford; Information Ms. Fatimatu Abubakar, Gender; Children and Social Protection Dakoa Newman;\u00a0 Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah; Sanitation and Water Resources Hon. Lydia Seyram Alhassan; Tourism, Arts and Culture Hon. Andrew Egyapa Mercer, MP, Greater Accra\u00a0Region Hon. Titus Glover, Oti Region Mr. Daniel Machator.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy ministerial nominees are for Information Sylvester Tetteh, MP; Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Vincent Ekow Assafuah; Communications and Digitalisation Hon. Charles Acheampong; Health Adelaide Ntim, MP Alexander Akwasi Acquah; Works and Housing Hon. Dr. Prince Hamidu Armah;<br \/>Lands and Natural Resources, Akwasi Konadu; Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Hon. Musah Abdul Aziz Ayaba; Energy John Kobina Sanie, Collins Adomako Mensah; Education Kingsley Nyarko; Employment and Labour Relations Hon. Festus Awuah Kwofie; Gender, Children and Social Protection Hon. Benjamin Sekyere Yeboah.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament has approved the nomination of nine Ministers of State by President Akufo-Addo. 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