Barring any last-minute changes, MyNewsGh.com has exclusively obtained details of some possible cabinet appointment of President John Dramani Mahama following the release of a first batch of appointments.
In the first batch, President Mahama nominated Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson as Finance Minister-designate, John Abdulai Jinapor and Dominic Akuritinga Ayine as Ministers-designate for Energy and Attorney General respectively.
This portal is informed that the outstanding list include the highly influential former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, who is going to the Ministry of Defence, after beating close competition from Prof. Joshua Alabi, who was said to have been interested in the same position.
President Mahama is also set to return Nana Oye Bampoe-Addo to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection as minister, while Dr. Victor Bampoe, a quiet former Deputy Minister of Health could be elevated to Minister of Health, barring any last-minute changes.
Like Victor Bampoe, popular and charismatic MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is expected to be elevated from former Deputy Minister of Education in the last Mahama administration to full minister, although he was reportedly strongly interested in being foreign minister instead.
Argument in favour of his nomination as education minister include his anti-corruption credentials to combat suspected corruption surrounding the School Feeding Program, internet service provision for second cycle institutions, and food procurement under the Free SHS program.
John Mahama is said to have a strong trust in the ability of the four term MP to bring sanity into the education sector.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration will be going to Joyce Bawah Mogtari, a lawyer of over 24-years standing at the Ghana Bar and who served as a Deputy Minister of Transport in Mahama’s first term and is currently a special aide to the president.
Like Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey who served as Akufo-Addo’s aide for years, Joyce Bawa Mogtari is reportedly one of the most trusted people around the president, making him trust her with foreign affairs.
Again, sources close to the party and the Office of the President told this portal that Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, a former Minister of Communications and a trusted ally of Mahama has been penciled for the crucial role of Minister for Local Government and Rural Development.
This role is believed to have links to the 2028 elections, given the crucial role Dr. Omane Boamah played in winning the 2024 election.
Dr. Boamah is noted for his expertise in governance and grassroots engagement, making him qualified to run Mahama’s decentralisation agenda.
For the agricultural sector, a cornerstone of Ghana’s economy, John Mahama is said to have settled on Eric Opoku, a former Minister for the Brong Ahafo Region. For the past 8 years, the MP has been the parliamentary Ranking Member on the Food and Agric Committee.
MyNewsGh.com has also intercepted a list of persons being considered for deputy ministers and 16 regional ministers, but this list is said to be inconclusive as consultations and checks are still ongoing.
Meanwhile, watch as the Minority Caucus protests Speaker Bagbin’s description of them as ‘micro’ Minority below:
Source: mynewsgh.com
