Akufo-Addo accepts the resignation of Afriyie Akoto; thank you and thank you
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has accepted the resignation of Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
The President thanked him for his service and wished Dr Akoto the best in his future endeavours.
Dr. Akoto resigned from his position as Minister of Agriculture last Tuesday in an apparent bid to pursue his presidential ambitions ahead of the next general election in 2024.
“The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has accepted the resignation of the Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto as Minister of Food and Agriculture. President Akufo-Addo expressed his sincere thanks to the Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto for his service to the government and nation, and I wish you success in your future endeavours”, part of the statement from Jubilee House read.
Dr. Akoto resigned days after Alan Kyerematen also resigned from the government as Trade Minister to focus on his presidential ambitions.
Meanwhile, the President has asked the Minister of Fisheries and Fisheries, Mavis Hawa Koomson to act as the caretaker of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture after the resignation of the minister of the sector.
Madam Koomson will hold the fort until a substantive minister is appointed.
“Then the President has assigned the Minister of Fisheries and Fisheries, Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson, Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, to act as a temporary Minister in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture until a substantive replacement is made”, a statement released on Thursday night and signed by Eugene Arhin, The Director of Communications in the Office of the President was further added.
The outgoing Minister of Agriculture served as Member of Parliament for Kwadaso Constituency in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region for two terms.
In Parliament, he was a Deputy Ranking Member and then a Substantive Ranking Member for the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs until 2017 when he was appointed Minister of Food and Agriculture.
In November 2022, amid economic challenges and rising food prices, Dr. Afriyie Akoto implemented the controversial Plant for Food and Jobs policy at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to sell cheaper food to Ghanaians.
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