Mahama Releases List of Deputy Ministers-designate, John Dumelo Among Nominees

Mahama Releases List of Deputy Ministers-designate, John Dumelo Among Nominees

  • President John Dramani Mahama has released a list of his picks of deputy minister nominees
  • Ayawaso West Wuogon MP John Dumelo has been picked to be the Deputy Minister-designate for Agriculture
  • Clement Apaak's nomination as Deputy Minister of Education was predicted by Minority Leader Afenyo-Markin

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President John Mahama has released a list of deputy minister nominees.

Among the nominees, one of the highlights, Ayawaso West Wuogon MP John Dumelo, has been named the Deputy Minister-designate for Agriculture.

John Dumelo, John Mahama, Agriculture
John Dumelo is the Deputy Minister-designate for Agriculture.
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Dumelo notably has some significant farming and agribusiness ventures.

These nominations were announced by the presidency and are set to undergo vetting by Parliament's Appointments Committee.

Clement Apaak's nomination as Deputy Minister of Education was predicted by Minority Leader Afenyo-Markin in a moment of levity in Parliament back in January.

The other nominations include Thomas Nyarko Ampem as Deputy Minister of, Finance, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi as Deputy Minister of Interior, Ernest Brogya Gyenfi as Deputy Minister of Defence, Clement Apaak as Deputy Minister of Education, Richard Gyan-Mensah as Deputy Minister of Energy & Green Transition, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini as Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Justice Srem-Sai as Deputy Minister of Justice, Yusif Sulemana asDeputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Rita Naa Odoley Sowah as Deputy Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and Gizella Tettey-Agbotui as Deputy Ministry of Works, Housing and Water Resources.

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Some of the main substantive ministers are without deputies presumably because of Mahama's promise to cut down on his ministers and limit them to 60.

Earlier prediction from Afenyo-Markin

YEN.com.gh reported that Afenyo-Markin earlier predicted some of the key leadership changes in the NDC.

He noted that Mahama Ayariga would become the Majority leader.

He further predicted that Kweku Ricketts Hagan, who has previously served as a deputy trade minister, would become his deputy.

Afenyo-Markin made these predictions when he also listed the NDC MPs he expected to be nominated to ministerial portfolios.

Among his predictions, Afenyo-Markin noted correctly that Ellembelle MP Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah would become the lands minister, Kwame Agbodza heading the Ministry of Roads and Highways and Ahmed Ibrahim, MP for Banda, being nominated and vetted to head the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

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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.

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