Akufo-Addo names 50 deputies, 4 ministers of state
- kencitymediagh
- Mar 15, 2017
- 3 min read

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has named 54 persons to serve as ministers of state at the presidency and deputy ministers of state in his government.
This will bring to 110, the number of appointees who will be serving in Nana Addo’s administration, one of the highest in the country’s history.
In a letter addressed to the speaker of Parliament on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, the president urged the house to approve the nominees which include the deputy majority leader, Adjoa Sarfo, penned to be a Minister of State at the Officer of the President in charge of Public Procurement.
The President of the Central University College, Professor Kwesi Yankah will also be the Minister of State at the Ministry of Education in charge of Tertiary education.
See the full list below:
The names of the nominees for Ministers of State are as follows:
Minister of State at the Office of the President in charge of Public Procurement – Hon Sarah Adwoa Safo
Minister of State at the Office of the President – Brian Acheampong
Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture – Nurah Gyeile
Minister of State at the Ministry of Education in charge of Tertiary Education – Kwesi Yankah
For the list of deputy ministers, while some ministries have been allocated three deputies, others have one, who will support the substantive ministers to deliver on the government’s mandate.
The names of the nominees for Deputy Ministers are as follows:
Ministry of Finance – Kwaku Kwarteng, Hon Abena Osei Asare, & Charles Adu Boahen
Ministry of Energy – Owuraku Aidoo, Joseph Cudjoe, Mohammed Amin Anta
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Dev’t – Osei Bonsu Amoah, Collins Ntim, Kwasi Boateng Agyei
Ministry of Information – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Ama Dokuaa Asiamah Agyei, Perry Curtis Kwabla Okudzeto
Ministry of Agriculture – William Agyapong Quaitoo, Sagre Bambangi, & George Oduro
Ministry of Trade and Industry – Hon Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah & Robert Ahomka-Lindsey,
Ministry of Roads and Highways – Hon Kwabena Owusu Aduomi & Hon Anthony N-Yoh Puowele Karbo
Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources – Benito Owusu Bio & Barbara Oteng Gyasi
Ministry of Works and Housing – Freda Prempeh & Eugene Antwi
Ministry of Education – Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum & Barbara Ayisi Acher
Office of Attorney General and Ministry of Justice – Godfred Dame, Joseph Dinkiok Kpemka
Ministry of Health – Hon Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu Tina Mensah
Ministry of Railways Development – Kwaku Agyenim Boateng & Andy Appiah-Kubi
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration – Mohammed Habbib Tijani, Charles Owiredu
Ministry of Communications – George Andah & Vincent Sowah Odotei
Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation – Patrick Boamah & Michael Yaw Gyato
Ministry of Defence – Maj. Derrick Oduro
Ministry of The Interior – Henry Quartey
Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology and Innovation – Patricia Appiagyei
Ministry of Regional Reorganisation and Development – Martin Agyei-Mensah Korsah
Ministry of Transport – Nii Kwartei Titus Glover
Ministry of Employment And Social Welfare – Bright Wireko Brobbey
Ministry of Fisheries And Aquaculture – Francis Kingsley Ato Cudjoe
Ministry of Aviation – Kwabena O. Darko-Mensah
Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs – Paul Essien
Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection – Gifty Twum Ampofo
Ministry of Youth And Sports – Pius Enam Hadzide
Ministry of Tourism, Creative Arts And Culture – Dr Ziblim Barri Iddi
Ministry of Monitoring And Evaluation – William Kwasi Sabi
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