Mahama Ayariga To Replace Cassiel Ato Forson As Majority Leader In Parliament

Mahama Ayariga To Replace Cassiel Ato Forson As Majority Leader In Parliament

  • Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga is expected to be the next Majority Leader in Ghana’s Parliament
  • The current leader of the Majority in Parliament is Cassiel Ato Forson, who is in line to become the Finance Minister
  • Ayariga is a five-time MP who has also served as Minister of Youth and Sports and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation in the past

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Mahama Ayariga, the Bawku Central MP, is expected to be the next Majority Leader in Ghana’s Parliament.

Joy News reported that sources close to the National Democratic Congress confirmed this expected move.

Mahama Ayariga, Cassiel Ato Forson, Majority Leader, Parliament, Bawku Central
Mahama Ayariga, the Bawku Central MP, is expected to be the next Majority Leader. Source: Parliament of Ghana
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The current Majority Leader is Cassiel Ato Forson, who is in line to become the Finance Minister.

Ayariga has served as the Minister of Information of Ghana, Minister of Youth and Sports and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation.

The five-time member of parliament has also served as a deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and Deputy Minister of Education.

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Ayariga also co-founded and was Executive Director of the Legal Resources Centre, an organisation that promotes human rights, community development, and social justice.

He holds a Master’s degree in Law from Harvard University in the US.

Earlier prediction from Minority Leader

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin earlier predicted that Ayariga would become the Majority leader. He further predicted that Kweku Ricketts Hagan, who has served as a deputy trades minister in the past, would become his deputy.

He also cheekily predicted the Majority MPs he expects to be nominated to ministerial portfolios.

Among his predictions, Afenyo-Markin noted Ellembelle MP Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah as the lands minister.

Some of his predictions have already come to pass with Adaklu MP Kwame Governs Agbodza set to head the Ministry of Roads and Highways and MP for Banda, Ahmed Ibrahim, being nominated to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

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Mahama minister nominees so far

Mahama has made 25 ministerial nominations so far. These included 13 regional ministers.

The president started by nominating Forson, John Jinapor, and Dominic Ayine to high-level cabinet portfolios.

Forson was nominated as Finance Minister-designate, Jinapor was the Energy Minister-designate, and Ayine was nominated as the Attorney General and Minister of Justice-designate.

The latter three nominees were vetted on January 13 by Parliament's appointments committee.

Subsequently, nine other ministers were nominated, including Haruna Iddrisu, who was nominated as the Education Minister-designate in his latest batch of nominations, and Eric Opoku, who was nominated as the Minister for Food and Agriculture.

Mahama makes security appointments

YEN.com.gh reported that Mahama made key national security appointments on January 15.

Former Chief of Staff Prosper Douglas Bani has been appointed National Security Advisor to the President.

DCOP Abdul-Osman Razak, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye and Charles Kipo were also assigned key slots.

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Razak will serve as the National Security Coordinator, Boakye has been appointed Director of Operations at the Presidency and Kipo has been named Director General of the National Intelligence Bureau.

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.