Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana, has relieved two deputy ministers of energy of their positions and appointed two legislators to replace them in a reshuffle exercise barely a year to the end of his administration.
The deputy ministers are William Owuraku Aidoo, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Afigya Kwabre South in the Ashanti Region, and Andrews Kofi Agyapa Mercer, MP for Secondi in the Western Region.
Energy News Africa reports that Owuraku Aidoo has been at the Energy Ministry since 2017, while Agyapa Mercer has been there since 2021.
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However, President Akufo-Addo has reassigned Agyapa Mercer to the Ministry of Tourism as a Minister of State Designate.
The new faces for the deputy energy minister positions are John Kobina Abam Aboah Sanie, MP for Mpohor-Fiase in the Western Region, and Collins Adomako Mensah, MP for Afigya Kwabre North in the Ashanti Region.
Collins Adomako Mensah worked with financial institutions such as Ghana Commercial Bank and Fidelity Bank as deputy manager and relationship manager before entering Parliament in 2021.
