President Nana Akufo-Addo has released a list of his cabinet members for his second term in accordance with Article 76 (1) of the 1992 Constitution.
They include:
Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta – Minister of Finance
Mr. Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen – Minister of Trade and Industry
Mr Dominic Nitiwul – Minister of Defence
Mr. Ambrose Dery – Minister for the Interior
Ms. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration
Mr. Godfred Yeboah Dame – Attorney General and Minister of Justice
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto – Minister of Food and Agriculture
Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh – Minister of Energy
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum – Minister of Education
Mr. Kwaku Agyeman Manu – Minister of Health
Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu – Minister of Parlamentary Affairs
Mr. Dan Botwe – Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development
Mr. Samuel Abdulai Jinapor – Minister of Lands and Natural Resources
Ms. Cecilia Abena Dapaah – Minister of Sanitation and water Resources
Mr. John-Peter Amewu – Minister of Railways Development
Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah – Minister of Employment and Labour Relations
Ms. Mavis Hawa Koomsn – Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development
Mr. Ibrahim Awal Mohammed – Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Mr. Francis Asenso-Boakye – Minister of Works and Housing
The president, per the 1992 Constitution, can constitute a cabinet of not less than 10 and not more than 19 ministers and also appoint a secretary.
The president and the vice-president are also part of cabinet.
The president chairs cabinet meetings.
The vice-president takes up that responsibility in the president’s absence.
