Parliament has approved President Akufo-Addo’s nomination of Dr. Prince Hamidu Armah as Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, part of his first ministerial reshuffle since 2017. Alongside Dr. Armah, key appointments include Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye as Minister of Health, Lydia Seyram Alhassan as Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, and Dakoa Newman as Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection. Other deputy ministerial nominees were also approved.
The approval process saw the Minority in Parliament staging a walkout in protest, criticizing the government’s handling of the current economic and power crises.
Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson condemned the appointments, arguing that they are unwarranted during economic hardships and persistent power outages, also known as “dumsor.”
He stated that increasing the number of ministers contradicts the government’s calls for austerity.
The full list of ministerial and deputy ministerial nominees:
- Health: Hon. Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye
- Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation: Ophelia Mensah Hayford
- Information: Ms. Fatimatu Abubakar
- Gender, Children and Social Protection: Dakoa Newman
- Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development: Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah
- Sanitation and Water Resources: Hon. Lydia Seyram Alhassan
- Tourism, Arts and Culture: Hon. Andrew Egyapa Mercer, MP
- Greater Accra Region: Hon. Titus Glover
- Oti Region: Mr. Daniel Machator
Deputy ministerial nominees include:
- Works and Housing: Hon. Dr. Prince Hamid Armah
- Information: Sylvester Tetteh, MP
- Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development: Vincent Ekow Assafuah
- Communications and Digitalisation: Hon. Charles Acheampong
- Health: Adelaide Ntim, MP Alexander Akwasi Acquah
- Lands and Natural Resources: Akwasi Konadu
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Development: Hon. Musah Abdul Aziz Ayaba
- Energy: John Kobina Sanie, Collins Adomako Mensah
- Education: Kingsley Nyarko
- Employment and Labour Relations: Hon. Festus Awuah Kwofie
- Gender, Children and Social Protection: Hon. Benjamin Sekyere Yeboah
