Kufuor picks new Sports Minister

The Daily Guide says its investigations have revealed that the Sports Ministry, which has been without a substantive minister, is soon to get one.

"Barring any last minute changes, the man that has been penciled for the job is the NPP firebrand and trained medical doctor, Dr Nyaho Tamakloe."

President J.A. Kufuor, who is currently outside the country on an official trip to Spain, is expected to make the announcement as soon as he flies back home.

The searchlight, according to the Guide, has zeroed in on Dr Nyaho Tamakloe who sources say was selected from a tall list of persons which included Dr Charles Wereko Brobby, the Energy Policy Advisor and Mr Victor Newman, a veteran political strategist and a presidential staffer.

The others originally considered for the job are business tycoon and 'Nima Boy' Charles Kofi Way and Moses Foh-Amoaning, an Accra based legal practitioner and sports analyst.

The name of Alhaji Mohammed Farl of the Convention People's Party (CPP) and an ardent golfer and soccer enthusiast, has also come up for consideration.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) has remained for 18 weeks without a substantive minister following the revocation on May 16, 2001 of the barely two-month old appointment of 42- year old Mallam Ali Yusuf Isa who the government considered an embarrassment following the alleged missing $46,000 episode in Omdurman, Sudan on February 24 this year.