Ministerial changes

Page 49: May 26, 2008.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE former Defence Minister, Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, has been nominated by President J. A. Kufuor for the Ministry of the Interior.
A statement signed by the Chief of Staff, Mr Kwadwo Mpiani, and issued by the Office of the President said Papa Owusu-Ankomah had also been nominated as the Minister of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development and President’s Special Initiatives (PSI).
If approved by Parliament, Dr Addo-Kufuor will replace Mr Kwamena Bartels, who has been dropped from the government.
It had been speculated that Mr Bartels’s handling of the Bawku conflict, the Liberian refugees crisis and the Anloga chieftaincy dispute had not been as expected.
The statement said Mr Kwabena Mensah Bonsu had also been nominated as a Minister of State, while Mr Joe Baidoo- Ansah moves from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development and PSI to the Ministry of Aviation.
It said the nominations, which were to be approved by Parliament, were part of changes President Kufuor had made to his Cabinet.
The statement said the President had also proposed Ms Gloria Akuffo and Mr Asare Bosompem as Ambassadors to the Republic of Ireland and Togo, respectively.