Mahama to Name Four More Deputy Ministers

President John Dramani Mahama will this week nominate four additional deputy Ministers to augment his government.

It will be the last batch of the full complement of Ministers in his administration.

Speaking at the swearing-in of 13 deputy Ministers and a Minister of state on March 12, 2025, at the Jubilee House, he said the list will be submitted to Parliament.

“The swearing-in of this batch of 13 deputy Ministers and one Minister of state brings us closer to achieving a full complement of Ministers. This week, I will submit a final list of four deputy Ministers to achieve the full complement of 60 Ministers that we promised.”

The president still holds onto his commitment to operating the leanest government in the country’s history.

“From the outset of this administration, I gave a solemn assurance that I will fulfil my promise to create a lean efficient, cost-effective performance-driven government. I am committed to reducing the size of government from the largest ever in the history of our country to the smallest ever while guaranteeing that every Ministry or agency critical to national progress receives the necessary support to be able to fulfil its objectives.”

The ceremony witnessed the swearing-in of John Dumelo as Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Clement Apaak as Deputy Minister for Education, Thomas Ampem Nyarko as Deputy Minister for Finance, and Samson Ahi as Deputy Minister for Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry.

Also included were Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi as Deputy Minister for the Interior, Richard Gyan-Mensah as Deputy Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Ernest Brogya Gyenfi as Deputy Minister for Defence, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini as Deputy Minister for Roads & Highways, Justice Srem-Sai as Deputy Minister for Justice & Attorney General and Yusif Sulemana as Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources.

The rest were Rita Naa Odoley Sowah as Deputy Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Gizella Tettey-Agbotui as Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources and Yussif Issaka Jajah as Deputy Minister for Culture, Tourism and Creative Arts.

President Mahama also swore in Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba as Minister of State for Public Sector Reforms.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini