The Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper who is also a pollster, Uncle Ben Ephson has said Ghanaians should expect a reshuffle in the coming weeks latest By Tuesday or Wednesday it will be clear.
But he said if the president fails to reshuffle ministers, it will not play any factor in the determination of the winner in the 2024 elections.
Speaking on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Friday (6 January), pollster Ben Ephson said Kyerematen’s resignation is long overdue.
“I can confirm that it’s true,” Ephson said. “It’s been too long in coming.”
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he has no intention to reshuffle his ministers any time soon.
Speaking on North Star radio in Tamale, the President said his appointees were meeting his expectations.
While President Akufo-Addo said he evaluates the work of his ministers consistently, he feels “many of them for me have done outstanding work. Their output has been considerable, and that is what I look at.”
Meanwhile, Justin Frimpong Kodua, the General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has disclosed that the party is undertaking an assessment of all Akufo-Addo’s appointees, after which it will make him reshuffle the non-performing ones.
The NPP worked so hard in 2016 for us to win the elections and, therefore, will also work so hard to win in 2024. But at this point, if ministers, CEOs (Chief Executive Officers), or MCEs (Municipal Chief Executives) are not reshuffled for poor performance, we will reshuffle them ourselves.
In May 2019, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made nine changes to the composition of his administration.
As part of the changes, which took immediate effect the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Barbara Oteng Gyasi, has replaced Catherine Afeku as Minister-designate of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts.
Mrs Afeku, Member of Parliament for Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Constituency, is now a Minister of State at the Office of the President, assigned to the Office of the Senior Minister.
The Upper West Regional Minister-designate, Sulemana Alhassan, has been reassigned, with Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, taking his place as the new Minister-designate of the region.
Freda Prempeh, Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, has replaced Gifty Twum Ampofo as Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
Ms Twum Ampofo has been reassigned to replace Barbara Ayisi Asher as Deputy Minister of Education, as Ms Asher becomes a Deputy Minister of Works and Housing.
Other new additions to the President Akufo-Addo administration are the Members of Parliament of Gomoa Central, Gomoa West and Jaman South constituencies, Naana Eyiah, Alex Kodwo Kom Abban and Yaw Afful respectively.
Ms Eyiah has been appointed as the new Deputy Minister-designate of Lands and Natural Resources while Mr Abban is the Minister-designate of Health. Mr Afful is also the Deputy Minister-designate of Aviation.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Kofi Atakora
