Major “Valentine’s Day” ministerial reshuffle expected tomorrow
President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is expected to announce his most radical ministerial reshuffle since taking office on the 7th of January 2017. The Announcement, from our Jubilee sources, is scheduled for Wednesday, 14 February 2024 (Valentine’s Day).
Asaase News sources indicate that up to 12 current substantive ministers may be affected, including 10 cabinet and 2 regional ministers.
This Tuesday afternoon witnessed several movements to the Fourth Floor of Jubilee House by Ministers expected to be affected and other Members of Parliament expected to benefit from the ministerial changes.
The President, as required by the 1992 Constitution, will submit the list of ministerial appointments to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Somana Bagbin, and the same will be announced on the floor of Parliament.
President Akufo-Addo will be traveling out of the country on Valentine’s Day to Europe for an official assignment in the Federal Republic of Germany tomorrow. The list should be delivered to the Speaker tomorrow.
Asaase News sources close to the Presidency indicate that up to 12 current substantive ministers of state may be affected, including 10 cabinet ministers and 2 regional ministers.
The reshuffle, according to Asaase News sources on the Fourth and Third Floors of Jubilee House confirm that some very big names will be among those who will be dropped from their current positions as ministers of state. While some may be dropped completely, others are expected to be reshuffled.
It is also anticipated that about seven deputy ministers will lose out. The biggest beneficiaries are expected to be several backbenchers from the Majority side of the House who will fill the vacant slots.
President Akufo-Addo, according to other sources at the Jubilee House, has been using the whole of his available time today to meet with all the ministers and deputy ministers who may be shifting places, leaving, or joining his government in the upcoming reshuffle.
Asaase News sources on the 4th floor of the Jubilee House also point out that there are talks of a possible reshuffle of the majority front in Parliament. This change, one source says will follow a planned meeting between the leadership of the ruling New Patriotic Party and the presidency soon.
