President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s list of regional ministers-designate has been approved by Parliament.
All nominees were recommended for approval by consensus in the third report of the Appointments Committee.
This completes the prior approval constitutional processes required for all the President’s ministerial nominees.
Some ministerial nominees who were vetted by the Appointments Committee were earlier also approved by Parliament.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) side on the committee had earlier flagged five nominees, Godfred Dame, John Peter Amewu, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Kwasi Amoako Atta and Kwaku Agyeman-Manu due to various challenges they had with their nomination, but the committee cleared all five nominees and recommended them for approval by consensus after meeting the said nominees behind closed doors.
The only sectoral minister nominee yet to be vetted is Ken Ofori-Atta, the minister-designate for Finance.
Mr. Ofori-Atta was scheduled to appear before the Appointments Committee last month but was unable to do so due to health reasons.
Below is the list of the regional ministers-designate approved by Parliament:
The 16 Regional Ministers are:
Hon. Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah – Western region
Mr. Richard Obeng – Western North region
Hon. Henry Quartey – Greater Accra region
Hon. Seth Acheampong – Eastern region
Mr. George Boakye – Ahafo region
Mr. Simon Osei-Mensah – Ashanti region
Ms. Justina Owusu-Banahene – Bono region
Mr. Adu Gyan – Bono East region
Ms. Justina Marigold Assan – Central region
Mr. Shani Alhassan Saibu – Northern region
Mr. Joshua Makubu – Oti region
Mr. Saeed Muhazu Jibril – Savannah region
Mr. Stephen Yakubu – Upper East
Mr. Yidana Zakiria – North East region
Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih – Upper West region
Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa- Volta Region
