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Ministerial Reshuffle: First Batch of Casualties
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Accra, Jan 25, Ghanadot - President John Evans Atta Mills is
set to announce the first batch of his long-awaited
ministerial reshuffle sometime this week, a source close to
the Presidency has told Ghanadot.
While some Ministers may be dropped from
their positions for failing to live up to the expectations
of the President, the source said others may be moved from their current
portfolio to other sectors where their expertise would be
useful to the government.
Ministers to be affected, according to our scout, include
Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Dr.
Joe Oteng-Adjei; Minister for Energy; Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu,
Attorney General and Minister for Justice.
Others include
Ms. Hanna Tetteh, Minister for Trade and Industry, Cletus
Avorka, Minister for Interior and Mr. Haruna Iddrisu,
Minister for Communications.
Some deputy Ministerial
positions in the Energy, Information and Trade may also be
affected in this first batch of the reshuffle, the source
confirmed.
Checks by this journalist have revealed that President
Mills, after one year of his administration, has discovered
where each Minister’s strength lies.
But for the recent National Delegates’ Congress of the
National Democratic Congress (NDC) held in Tamale, the
Capital of the Northern Region last weekend, the President
would have announced the reshuffle to put to rest the
speculative reports in the media.
President Mills recently told the nation that he would come
out with his first reshuffle but was silence on the date
when asked. This, he disclosed when he met some editors and
senior reporters of some media houses in the country on the
first year anniversary of his administration.
However, the President told the editors that they would be
the first to know when he was set to announce the lists.
According to our Castle source, the impending announcement
of the reshuffle by the President has sparked off some panic
reactions of shivering and jittery among the Ministers and
their deputies leading to some tension at the Castle.
Almost everyday, not less than two Ministers are being
spotted at the Castle to brief the President about the
performance of his or her sector.
Ghanadot
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