By: Kwesi Poku

This is simply disgraceful. Why the hell do Ghana need so many deputy ministers and useless minsters of state. Even, the USA, a country of 350 million people, have a single deputy minister We will never move forward with this kind of thinking

LIST OF NOMINEES FOR MINISTERS OF STATE & DEPUTY MINISTERS

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, submitted the names of 54 persons to Parliament for approval as Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers.

The names of the nominees for Ministers of State are as follows:

1. Minister of State at the Office of the – Hon Sarah Adwoa Safo
President – Public Procurement

2. Minister of State at the Office of the President – Hon. Brian Acheampong

3. Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture – Dr. Nurah Gyeile

4. Minister of State at the Ministry of Education – Prof. Kwesi Yankah
– Tertiary Education



The names of the nominees for Deputy Ministers are as follows:

1. Ministry of Finance – Hon Kwaku Kwarteng
– Hon Abena Osei Asare
– Charles Adu Boahen

2. Ministry of Energy – Hon Owuraku Aidoo
– Hon Joseph Cudjoe
– Dr. Mohammed Amin Anta


3. Ministry of Local Government
and Rural Development – Hon Osei Bonsu Amoah
– Hon Collins Ntim
– Hon Kwasi Boateng Agyei

4. Ministry of Information – Hon Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
– Hon Ama Dokuaa Asiamah Agyei
– Perry Curtis Kwabla Okudzeto

5. Ministry of Agriculture – Hon William Agyapong Quaitoo
– Hon Dr Sagre Bambangi
– Hon George Oduro

6. Ministry of Trade and Industry – Hon Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah
– Robert Ahomka-Lindsey


7. Ministry of Roads and Highways – Hon Kwabena Owusu Aduomi
– Hon Anthony N-Yoh Puowele Karbo


8. Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources – Hon Benito Owusu Bio
– Hon Barbara Oteng Gyasi


9. Ministry of Works and Housing – Hon Freda Prempeh
– Hon Eugene Antwi


10. Ministry of Education – Hon Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum – Hon Barbara Ayisi Acher


11. Office of Attorney General and – Godfred Dame
Ministry of Justice – Hon Joseph Dinkiok Kpemka


12. Ministry of Health – Hon Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu
– Hon Tina Mensah


13. Ministry of Railways Development – Hon Kwaku Agyenim Boateng
– Hon Andy Appiah-Kubi


14. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and – Hon Mohammed Habbib Tijani
Regional Integration – Charles Owiredu


15. Ministry of Communications – Hon George Andah
– Hon Vincent Sowah Odotei

16. Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation – Hon Patrick Boamah
– Hon Michael Yaw Gyato

17. Ministry of Defence – Hon Maj. Derrick Oduro


18. Ministry of The Interior – Hon Henry Quartey


19. Ministry of Environment, Science – Hon Patricia Appiagyei
and Technology and Innovation


20. Ministry of Regional Reorganisation and – Martin Agyei-Mensah Korsah
Development


21. Ministry of Transport – Hon Nii Kwartei Titus Glover


22. Ministry of Employment And Social Welfare – Hon Bright Wireko Brobbey


23. Ministry of Fisheries And Aquaculture – Hon Francis Kingsley Ato Cudjoe


24. Ministry of Aviation – Hon Kwabena O. Darko-Mensah


25. Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs – Hon Paul Essien


26. Ministry of Gender, Children – Hon Gifty Twum Ampofo
and Social Protection


27. Ministry of Youth And Sports – Pius Enam Hadzide

28. Ministry of Tourism, Creative Arts And Culture – Hon Dr Ziblim Barri Iddi


29. Ministry of Monitoring And Evaluation – Hon William Kwasi Sabi