Hawa Koomson was appointed as the temporary Minister of Agriculture
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson to act as the caretaker of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
This follows the resignation of the sector minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a statement accepting the resignation of Dr. Akoto indicated that Madam Koomson will hold the fort until a substantive minister is appointed.
The announcement was made in a statement released late Thursday night and signed by Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications in the Office of the President.
“The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has accepted the resignation of Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto as the Minister of Food and Agriculture. This was after the Minister personally presented his resignation letter to the President at the Jubilee Building on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
“President Akufo-Addo expresses his sincere gratitude to Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto for his services to the government and the nation, and wishes him success in the future.”
“The President has subsequently appointed the Minister of Fisheries and Fisheries, Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson, Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, as interim Minister in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture until a substantive replacement is made.
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto officially resigned as Minister of Food and Agriculture last Tuesday.
He resigned to focus on his ambition to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the presidential candidate going into the 2024 general election.
Dr. Akoto resigned days after Alan Kyerematen also resigned from the government as Trade Minister to focus on his presidential ambitions.
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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