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Mohammed Amin Adam Profile

Mohammed Amin Adam was previously Deputy Minister for Energy. He also served as a Minister of State at the Finance Ministry.

Age

He was born on April 15th, 1974. He is 49 years old. He will be 50 years old in April, this year.

Education

He attended the Northern School of Business (Nobisco) in Tamale from 1988 to 1991 and Tamale Secondary School (now Tamale Senior High School) from 1991 to 1993. He has a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics and an M.Phil. in Economics from the University of Cape Coast. He holds a Ph.D. in Petroleum Economics from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, & Mineral Law, and Policy at the University of Dundee in the UK, specialising in petroleum fiscal policy in resource-led economies and resource governance. Additionally, he is a fellow of the Institute of Certified Economists of Ghana.

Emmanuel Amin Adam Profile

Political Career

Adam is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He began his involvement in politics at a young age. His interest in politics earned him the nickname ‘political Anta’ while at Nobisco. During his days at the University of Cape Coast, he was the secretary of TESCON. In 1998, he was elected the national secretary and later national president of the National Union of Students.

He contested as the parliamentary candidate of the NPP for Choggu Tishegu Constituency in 2000 but lost to Hon. Abubakari Sumani. In 2004, he was elected to contest as the NPP parliamentary candidate for the Tamale Central Constituency, but he lost to Alhassan Wayo Seini of the NDC.

President John Kufour appointed him as the Deputy Northern regional minister in 2005 and later the Mayor of Tamale

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.