[BREAKING NEWS]: Akufo-Addo sacks Ofori-Atta in major reshuffle
President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced a major shake-up of the ministers forming the government, with the notable person being removed from office being Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
President Akufo-Addo also axed Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Ibrahim Awal Mohammed and Oti Regional Minister Joseph Makubu.
Ministers and deputy ministers who doubled as legislators but failed to retain their seats in the just-ended parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) were also removed from office.
An official statement released by the Director of Communications at the Office of the President, Eugene Arhin, revealed the setup of the new government.
Six other ministers were casualties in the latest reshuffle by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
They are: Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu; Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Kwaku Afriyie; Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Dan Botwe; Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta; Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Lariba Abudu, and Minister of Sanitaion and Water Resources, Freda Prempeh.
