President Akufo Addo’s Valentine reshuffle list of out ahead of the announcement. Akufo Addo will today, Wednesday, February 14, announce some changes in his ministerial appointments. This will be the first major overhaul since assuming office in January 2017.
Approximately 12 current ministers of state, including 10 cabinet ministers and two regional ministers, are likely to be affected by the reshuffle. Notably, several prominent government figures are expected to either lose their positions entirely or undergo significant reassignments.
On Tuesday, February 13, President Akufo-Addo held extensive discussions with ministers and deputy ministers who could be affected, as well as those joining or leaving his administration in the imminent reshuffle.
Akufo Addo’s Valentine’s Day Reshuffle List Out
The Valentine’s Day announcement, expected at 11 am, is a major, long-awaited reshuffle that will see some key government members, among them some who have held their posts for the past seven years, exit cabinet altogether, while others assume new roles.
Below are names and movements confirmed by sources.
Exiting Government
– Ken Ofori-Atta – Finance Minister
– Freda Prempeh – Sanitation and Water Resources Minister
– Dr. Mohammed Awa – Tourism Minister
– Ambrose Dery – The Interior Minister
– Dr Kwaku Afriyie – Environment Science, Technology and Innovation
– Kwasi Amoako-Attah – Roads and Highways Minister
– Kwaku Agyeman Manu – Health Minister
– Dan Kwaku Botwe – Local Government
– Zuweira Lariba – Gender Minister
President Akufo-Addo Set to Announce Ministerial Reshuffle
New Nominations
– Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover – Greater Accra Region
– Henry Quartey – The Interior
– Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam – Finance
– Lydia Alhassan – Sanitation and Water Resources
– Andrew Agyepa Mercer – Minister of Tourism
– Ophelia Hayford Mensah – Environment Science, Technology, and Innovation
– Ms Fatimatu Abubakar – Information
– Kojo Oppong Nkrumah – Works and Housing
– Francis Asenso Boakye – Roads and Highways
– Dr Bernard Okoe Boye – Health
– Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah – Local Government
– Darkoa Newman – Gender
The last government restructuring occurred a month earlier, after the resignations of former Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen and Agriculture Minister Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, who stepped down to focus on their political campaigns.
Insiders reveal that the forthcoming reshuffle is anticipated to be far-reaching and was strategically postponed to coincide with the conclusion of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential and parliamentary primaries.
The primaries, held on January 27, aimed to shield ministers from potential electoral setbacks while transitioning to new roles, mitigating additional emotional strain.
Originally slated for December, the reshuffle was rescheduled to February post the governing party’s internal elections to preempt unsuccessful candidates from attributing their loss to the president.