The president-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today, hold a crunch meeting with members of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) National Executive Committee (NEC) to discuss the way forward after winning the general elections.
It would be the first time that the President-Elect would officially meet with his party's NEC.
Sources close to the party's headquarters told the Ghanaian Times that top on the agenda is the scrutiny of his list of nominees for ministerial appointments.
It said Ken Ofori-Atta, formerly of Data Bank, is slated for the Ministry of Finance, Nana Akomea for Communications, Dan Botwe for Local Government, Ambrose Dery for the interior, and Dominic Nitiwul for Defence.
The source added that either Frema Osei Opare or Sherry Ayorkor Botchwey has been penciled for the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Philip Addison or Ayikoi Otoo for Attorney General and Ministry of Justice.
Another proposal to be tabled at today's meeting , our sources said, would be the President-elect's decision to reduce the number of ministries and re-alien others.
The number of ministries, which currently stands at 24, may be pruned down to 19.
It said the Ministries of youth and Sports, Power, Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs, Fisheries and Roads and Highways could be scrapped.
The Ministries of Fisheries, power, Roads and Highways would be integrated into Ministries of Food and Agriculture, Energy and Transport.
"That of youth and Sports would be split among three ministries, and Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs brought under Local Government and Rural Development," the sources added.
Most of the ministries may also be reconstituted and renamed in line with the President-elects vision to achieve accelerated development.
The 29-member NEC comprises party officials such as the National Chairman, past presidents, past vice presidents, sitting president, sitting vice president, general secretaries (present and past), among others.
Source: The Ghanaian Times
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Martin ABK Amidu should be apointed as independent prosecutor to brought all those people who are illegaling had took Ghanian's money from the past Government to book
Npp is a part that builds strong institution. I believe in the party's structures and policies.
So what. I am waiting for my $1 million for K.E.E.A, my free school, my dam for my Village, free healthcare, free house, free free wife if possible, my factory for my Village. However, did UP/NPP got somebody for the thank you service to Atoa Niama or not? or they used that Fante guy who die in a hotel for the thank you service or not?
npp,dont waist ur time to educate people on 8yrs is for the president alone not the party.
politics is about agreeing to disagree among individuals and at the end they consider one side and life still goes on.raining insult,curses and others on opponents is a polite way of diplaying ignorance,low IQ and "political immaturity" people can politically insult as if they are school dropouts,curse others as if they have no moral values.those in that act should refrain that and be elevated.
The energy ministry in my view should be autonomous. Energy is very vital to the progress to nation. Merging the ministry of Energy with others like Food and Agricultural Ministry is inappropriate. The expertise required to run the two ministries are different. We could merge Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Transport together; Ministry of Food and Agricultural should stand on its own. This is my humble view.
You are the best .we love you , rich wisdom
Nduom for Labour&Employment.
Tactical works jst started.......... watch out Ghanaians.. I BELIEVE IN GHANA
Martin ABK Amidu for special prosecutor position, just to say the least, so that those of us watching the prison break would learn more on how to invite more judgement debt. Nana u do all