Nana Addo’s ministerial appointments commendable – Kevin Taylor

A social media commentator, Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor has lauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the ministerial appointments in his second term.

According to him, the appointment of Mustapha Yussif to replace Isaac Asiamah at the Sports Ministry is the best choice to avoid further corruption matters.

Ekow Kevin Taylor indicated that the President made the best decision to appoint Mustapha Yussif who is a clean man and to him, that’s what the Sports Ministry needs.

“This is the best decision Akufo-Addo who is a baby at 77 could take and I will send him cake for appoint Mustapha Yussif as a Minister,” Kevin Taylor said.

He further called on the Minster-designate to prioritize Paralympics which was ignored by his predecessor Isaac Asiamah.

President Akufo-Addo announced the list of ministerial nominations on Thursday, January 21, 2021.

The list saw some former Ministers ditched while a few others were retained.

Other returning Ministers in Akufo-Addo’s second term are Albert Kan Dapaah with the National Security Ministry, Ken Ofori-Atta for Finance and Alan Kyerematen for Trade and Industry.

The rest are:

• Dominic Nitiwul – Defence
• Ambrose Dery – Interior
• Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey –  Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration
• Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu – Parliamentary Affairs
• Ursula Owusu-Ekuful – Communications and Digitalisation
• Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto – Food and Agriculture
• Kwaku Agyemang Manu – Health
• Kwasi Amoako-Atta – Roads and Highways
• Kwaku Ofori Asiamah – Transport
• Cecilia Abena Dapaah – Sanitation and Water Resources
• Ignatius Baffuor Awuah – Employment and Labour Relations

Four Regional Ministers also retained their portfolios.

In all, President Akufo-Addo has appointed 30 Ministers, and 16 Regional Ministers, bringing the total number of ministers to 46.

He has assured not to appoint more than 85 ministers in his second term in office.

Meanwhile President Akufo-Addo has submitted the list of nominees to Parliament for consideration and approval as ministers of state.

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has since referred the request for ministerial nomination approval to Parliament’s Appointments Committee for consideration and report.