President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has reappointed Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam and William Owuraku Aidoo as Deputy Ministers of Energy.
Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam and William Owuraku Aidoo were Deputy Ministers of Energy in-charge of Petroleum and Power respectively during the first term of the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party administration.
The duo and a former Deputy Minister, Joseph Cudjoe, were appointed as Deputy Energy Ministers to support Mr.
Boakye Agyarko who was a substantive minister when the West African nation’s power sector was in serious crisis.
Mr. Boakye and his three deputies as well as the technocrats worked tirelessly and ended the power crisis in the
latter part of 2017.
It would be recalled that President Akufo-Addo, in a statement issued during the announcement of substantive ministers, indicated that he was going to appoint only two deputy ministers at the Energy Ministry, one of whom would come from the Western Region.
In a statement issued Wednesday, which announced the appointment of deputy ministers, it mentioned Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, MP for Karaga, William Owuraku Aidoo, MP for Afigya Kwabre South, and Andrew Agyapa Mercer, MP for Secondi, as the new Deputy Energy Ministers.
Though it is not clear why the President made a sudden change in his earlier decision, energynewsafrica.com wants to believe the change may have been influenced by the current power outages which are creating discomfort to Ghanaians.
Source: www.energynewsafrica.com