Here are the list of the 10 female deputy ministers designate by Akufo-Addo.
Should we call this a gender equity administration? As10 women make it onto Nana Addo’s deputy ministerial list.
The President Akufo-Addo has named 10 women as part of the nominees for various deputy ministerial positions in his second term in office.The list which was released on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 saw a total of 39 nominees.
Meanwhile there are 24 portfolios for these 39 nominees. Some of these portfolios include the educational sector, health, finance, youth and sports, road and transport, among others.
The 10 female deputy ministers-designate include;
1. Abena Osei-Asare [Finance]
2. Nana Dokua Asiamah Adjei [Trade and Industry]
3. Diana Asonaba Dapaah [Office of Attorney General & Ministry of Justice]
4. Gifty Twum-Ampofo [Education]
5. Tina Gifty Mensah [Health]
6. Mavis Nkansah-Boadu [Roads & Highways]
7. Naana Eyiah Quansah [Interior]
8. Ama Pomaa Boateng [Communications & Digitalisation]
9. Lariba Zuweira Abudu [Gender, Children & Social Protection]
10. Fatimatu Abubakar [Information].
Meanwhile there were two nominees who maintained their respective portfolios from the president’s first term. These persons were Hon. Abena Osei-Asare and Tina Mensah.
Others like Hon. Gifty Twum-Ampofo and Nana Dokua Asiamah Adjei, previously served as Deputy Ministers of Gender and Information but have been moved to Education and Trade in that oder.
The President Akufo-Addo believe that, “just as was done for his Ministers, Parliament will, on a bi-partisan basis, expedite the approval of his Deputy Ministerial nominees, so they can join the Government forthwith, and assist in the delivery of his mandate for his second term in office.”
Meanwhile there has being a lot of reactions from the citizenry. Some support the move of the government’s nominees while others believe it is not to as they anticipated.
Some Key Points
1. The ministries of Trade, Local Government and Energy have three deputy minister-nominees.
2. Former deputy Minister of Finance, Charles Adu-Boahen, was nominated as the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance.
3. The nominees also featured first time Members of Parliament like Hon. Hassan Tampuli and John Ampontuah Kumah.
4. Mohammed Amin Adam, William Owuraku Aidoo have been maintained at the Energy Ministry.
5. Mr. Osei Bonsu Amoah went to the Local Government, Decentralization & Rural Development.
Below are some of the nominees;
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