Mills’ first list of Ministers out

President J. E. A. Mills

Two weeks after he has been installed as the third President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills has released the first list of his Cabinet Ministers.

The list released Thursday January 22, 2009 included Ministers and Regional Ministers who would be vetted by Parliament.

In a statement signed by Mr J. K. Bebaako-Mensah, Secretary to the President, the list  15 names included six women.

Five of these women would be in-charge of Ministries, and of the five Regional Ministers, one is a woman.

The statement said nominations for other Ministries and Regions would be made in due course.

The full list of nominated Ministers is as follows:

Mr. Mike Hammah   Ministry of Transport; Mr. Alex Tetteh-Enyo  Ministry of Education; Ms. Hannah Tetteh, Ministry of Trade and Industry; Dr. Oteng Adjei, Ministry of Energy; Mrs. Betty Mould Iddrisu, Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General; Ms. Akua Dansua, Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs; Mrs. Juliana Azumah Mensah, Ministry of Tourism; Mr. Collins Dauda, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources; Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, Ministry of Communications;  Ms. Shirley Ayitey, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology.

The full list of nominated Regional Ministers is as follows: Mr. Mahmood Khalid, Upper West Region; Mr. Nyamekye Marfo,  Brong Ahafo Region; Nii Armah Ashitey, Greater Accra Region; Mr. Ofosu Ampofo; Eastern Region and Ms. Ama Benyiwa-Doe; Central Region.

By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi

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  1. HUMAN BEING says

    WHY ATTA DE DO GHANA MONEY SUCH…… E MAKE CONFUSE AMKE E GO BUSH GO BRING ELEPHANT…………

  2. joe says

    na true oo …the snail pace of Atta de make Ghana go slow in terms of dev’t….make the elephant come quik

  3. ama says

    Atta must go for short man is da one ghanaians want

  4. RICHIE says

    Atta has done His best I think he should pave the way for Nana to come chop some.eno all that

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