President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has submitted a list of Deputy Minister nominees to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, for vetting and possible approval.
Among the list of Deputy Minister nominees is the Member of Parliament for the Binduri Constituency, Abdulai Abanga, who happens to be the only New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament in the Upper East Region.
Mr. Abanga has been nominated for the position of Deputy Minister for Works and Housing.
The list will surprise many, especially when some popular persons and ‘friends’ of President Akufo-Addo, who served as Deputy Ministers have been cut off. The cut-off former Deputy Ministers include Carlos Ahenkra, Joseph Dindiok Kpemka, and Pius Hadzide a former Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports and also Information.
The list also has the majority of the Deputy Minister nominees coming from the Parliament of Ghana, which creates the impression that the president made have selected them for winning their seats in the 2020 election.
Below is the full list seen by A1Radioonline.com:
Finance
Abena Osei Asare
Charles Adu Baohen
John Kumah
Trade and Industry
Dokua Asiamah Adjei
Okyere Baafi
Herbert Krapa
Energy
Andrew Egyapa Mercer
Amin Adam
Owuraku Aidoo
Education
John Ntim Fordjour
Gifty Twum Ampofo
Attorney General
Dinah Asonaba Dapaah
Tuah Yeboah
Gender, Children and Social Protection
Lariba Zuweira Abudu
Interior
Nana Eyiah
Youth & Sports
Evans Bobie
Defence
Amankwah Manu
Railways
Asante Boateng
Employment and Labour Relations
Bright Wereko Brobby
Fisheries
Moses Anim
Roads & Highways
Mavis Nkansah Boadu
Stephen Jalulah
Communication
Ama Pomaa Andoh
Richard Ahiabgah
Lands & Forestry
Benito Owusu-Bio
George Mireku Duker
Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration
Thomas Mbomba
Ampratwum Sarpong
Food & Agriculture
Yaw Frimpong Addo
Hardi Tuferu
Transport
Hassan Tampuli
Fredrick Adom
Health
Tina Mensah
Asei Mahama
Information
Fatimatu Abubakari
Source: A1Radioonline.com