Information reaching The Chronicle indicates that the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has resigned.
The Chronicle is informed that he stepped down today after submitting his resignation letter to President Akufo-Addo.
No official communication has been released, but Jubilee House has accepted the resignation and wished him well.
Reports have it that his resignation is to allow him pursue his presidential ambitions by first contesting the upcoming flagbearership contest in the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He is the second to step down from the Akufo-Addo government ostensibly to aspire to take over from him.
