President reshuffles cabinet

By Edmund Mingle
President John Evans Atta Mills has reshuffled his government in what appears to be his new team to implement his development strategy in the last year of this first term.
A couple of Cabinet Ministers lost their positions, and new appointments were made while a number of them had new portfolios in yesterday’s reshuffle.
John Tia, Information Minister, Joseph Yieleh Chireh, the Health Minister and Col. (Rtd) Cyril Neku, deputy Volta Regional Minister, were the first casualties in the reshuffle, of which a second list is expected tomorrow.
Dr. Ben Kunbour, the current Interior Minister was named Minister of Justice and Attorney- General, while William Kwasi Aboah, a retired Commissioner of Police, has been appointed as Interior Minister-designate.

Fritz Baffour, NDC Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, replaces John Tia as Information Minister, while Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Lee Ocran has been appointed Education Minister-designate.
Alban Bagbin, the current Works and Housing Minister is moving to the Health Ministry while his current position will be taken over by E. T Mensah, the current Minister of Employment and Social Welfare. Moses Asaga, MP for Nabdam, secures an appointment as Employment and Social Welfare Minister.

In the deputy Ministerial changes, James Agyenim Boateng, deputy Tourism Minister gets a comeback to the Information Ministry, as a deputy. Deputy Information Minister Baba Jamal replaced takes his position as the deputy Tourism Minister.

Dr Mustapha Ahmed, currently the deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, replaces Dr. Edward Omane Boamah as the deputy Minister of Environment, Science and technology. Dr Omane Boamah heads to the Ministry of Youth and Sports as a deputy Minister, with Nii Reuben Nortey Dua, current deputy Youth and Sports Minister going to Water Resources, Works and Housing as a deputy Minister.

Steven Ackah, Member of Parliament for Suaman has been made deputy Minister-designate for Local Government and Rural Development, while Isaac Vanderpuije Thomas Aquinas, current deputy Minister of Local Government and Henry Ametepey, are taking positions as deputy Ministers-designate for Greater Accra, Central and Volta regions respectively.
Alhaji Amin Sulemana, Ghana’s Ambassador to Egypt takes as the Upper West Region Minister-designate, with Alhaji Said Sinare, getting an ambassadorial appointment as Ghana’s Ambassador to Egypt.
Dominic Azembe Azumah, MP for Garu Timpane, goes to the Presidency as a Minister of State, to replace one of the Ministers of State at the Presidency who is on the way out.
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