11.7.07

NPP's Presidential Hopefulls Replaced


The Group of 8 cabinet ministers - a.k.a the G8 - in the Kufuor Administration, who have been pushed out of office to pursue their presidential aspirations/ambitions have finally been replaced.
The Chief of Staff and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Kwadwo Mpianim, presented a list of the first batch of their replacements to the Speaker of Parliament on Wednesday. They are:
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Akwasi Osei-Agyei (now Deputy)
Minister of Information and National Orientation: Ms Oboshie Sai-Coffie (pictured; now Deputy)
Minister of Communications: Dr Aggrey-Ntim
Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment: Nana Akomea (ex-minister)
Minister of Public Sector Reforms: Samuel Owusu-Adjei (former deputy Minister of Health)
Minister of Trade, Industries and President’s Special Initiatives: Mr Joe Baidoo-Ansah (now Deputy Minister of Tourism)
Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance: Dr Akoto Osei
Minister of State at the Attorney Generals Dept.: Ambrose Dery (now Upper West Regional Minister)
Minister of State at the at the ministry of interior: Nana Obiri-Boahen
Minister for Housing & Water Resources: Madam Cecilia Dapaah
Upper West Regional Minister: Joe Benson
Eastern Regional Minister: Kwadwo Affram-Asiedu (now Deputy Minister of Trade)
Upper East Regional Minister: Alhassah Sumari Kwamena Bartels, current minister of information, is not on the list
Speculation (Yet to be CONFIRMED)
Parliamentary Affairs: Abraham Ossei Aidoo (MP for Tema West and deputy Majority Leader)
Interior: Hon. Kwamena Bartels
Information and National Orientation(Deputy): Frank Agyekum (now Spokesperson on Governance)
Tourism and Diasporan Relations: Hon. Stephen Asamoah-Boateng
Defence: Albert Kan-Dapaah
Education, Science and Sports: Prof Dominic Fobih
Source:GHP

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