Former Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is to be appointed as Senior Presidential Adviser on the economy. He will also serve as the President’s special envoy on international investments and capital markets, according to Asaase News sources at the Presidency.
Also to serve as advisor, according to our checks, is Dr Kwaku Afriyie, the former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, who, according to Asaase’s sources, is slated to be appointed as President Akufo-Addo’s special envoy on Climate.
Mr Ofori-Atta was this morning relieved of his role as Minister for Finance, a position he held for 7. He leaves the Ministry of Finance with an enviable record of being the longest-serving Finance Minister in Ghana’s republican history.
Mohammed Amin Adam, the current Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, took over today as the substantive Minister for Finance. Sources at both the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Ghana are confident that there will be a smooth transition, ensuring continuity in the Ghana Government’s debt restructuring negotiations with private creditors and for the second ECF review of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Asaase News sources at the Presidency suggest there are still some major changes to be made and this may take place as early as Monday. This morning’s press release from Jubilee House was limited to the ministerial appointments list presented to the Speaker of Parliament and its direct consequential matters regarding appointees.
As revealed by Asaase News yesterday, this Valentine’s Day reshuffle is the most comprehensive of Akufo-Addo’s reshuffles in between his two terms.
The expected appointment of a Climate Change envoy, in particular, is in line with recent global trends. The United States President, Joe Biden, upon assumption of office, appointed John Kerry, as the first U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.
Other countries such as China, the United Kingdom, and France, have also appointed climate envoys, and international non-governmental organisations, like the World Bank, IMF, and the United Nations (UN) have all appointed “Climate Change” envoys.
Asaase News sources on the 4th floor of the Jubilee House also point out that there are talks of a possible reshuffle of the majority front in Parliament. This is likely to be announced on Monday, after a scheduled National Executive Council meeting of the New Patriotic Party.
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