President Mahama nominates 17 more ministers

 President John Drama­ni Mahama has named 17 persons in his latest batch of ministerial nominees.

The list, which has been submitted to Parliament for pre-approval, include 11 sector min­isters, three ministers of state and three regional minister nominees.

Mr Puozuing Charles

Lwanga, Upper West

Minister-designate Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, Labour,

Jobs and Employment

Minister-designate Dr Edward Omane Boamah,

Defence Minister-designate Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed,

Minister-designate,

Environment,Science and Technology Issifu Seidu, Minister of

State-designate, Climate

Change and Sustainability Mr Adjei Kenneth Gilbert,

Minister of Works, Housing and

Water Resources-designate Mr Emmanuel Agyekum, Minister

of State-designate in charge of

Special Initiatives Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister

of State-designate, Government

Communuications Mr Kofi Iddie Adams,

Minister of Sports and

Recreation-designate Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Lands and Natural

Resources Ministerdesignate Muntaka Mohammed-

Mubarak, Interior

Minister-designate Mr Joseph Addae

Akwaboa, Bono

Minister-designate Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi

Buah, Lands and Natural

Resources Ministerdesignate Mr Joseph Bukari

Nikpe, Minister of

Transport-designate Mr Joseph Bukari

Nikpe, Minister of

Transport-designate Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister of Foreign Affairs -designate Mr Samuel Nartey George, Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations

The nominees are made up of 12 Members of Parliaments (MPs) and five non MPs.

They are Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, Defence; Samuel Nartey George (MP), Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations; Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah (MP), Lands and Natural Resources; Kofi Iddie Adams (MP), Sports and Recreation; Dr Abdul- Rashid Pelpuo (MP), Labour, Jobs and Employment, and Kwabena Mintah Akandoh (MP), Health.

Others are Ibrahim Murtala Mu­hammed (MP), Environment, Science and Technology; Joseph Bukari Nikpe (MP), Transport; Mohammed-Munta­ka Mubarak (MP), Interior; Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (MP), Foreign Af­fairs and Gilbert Kenneth Adjei, Works, Housing and Water Resources.

The Ministers of State are Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum (MP), Minister of State in charge of Special Initiatives; Felix Kwakye Ofosu (MP), Minister of State, Government Communications; Issifu Seidu (MP), Minister of State, Climate Change and Sustainability.

The rest are Puozuing Charles Lwan­ga, Upper West Region; Joseph Addae Akwaboa, Bono Region and Francis Owusu Antwi, Bono East Region.

The nominations come 14 days into President Mahama’s adminis­tration.

The President had prom­ised in the electioneering campaign to name the full complement of his minis­ters in his first 14 days in office.

It brings to 42 the num­ber of ministerial nominees so far; 18 short of the 60 ministers President Mahama indicated he would govern with.

BY JULIUS YAO PETETSI