Tag: John Mahama

Ghana’s John Mahama Scraps Seven Ministries To Cut Cost

Ganiyu Amodu

Ghana’s President John Mahama has slashed the number of ministries from 30 to 23 through an executive order aimed at reducing government expenditure. The decision, announced in a gazette dated January 9, eliminates seven ministries, including Information, Sanitation and Water Resources, National Security, Railway Development, Parliamentary Affairs, Public Enterprises and Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs. These ministries were established under the previous administration of Nana Akufo-Addo. Under Mahama’s streamlined government, key ministries include Finance, Health, Education, Defence, Energy and Green Transition, Transport and Gender among others. Nigeria Bans Homosexuals And Lesbians…

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Meet Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Ghana’s First Female Vice President

Ganiyu Amodu

+ What you need to know about the full professor of Literature   Ghana was in a frenzy mood when President John Mahama was sworn in in Accra, the capital of the country, on Tuesday. At the centre of attraction was 73-year-old newly sworn-in Vice-President Professor Jane Opoku-Agyemang. Opoku-Agyemang made history as the first elected female VP in the country’s history. The inauguration was attended by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye; Burkina Faso’s leader Ibrahim Traore; Kenyan President William Ruto; President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic…

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