The Minister of State at the Ministry of Works and Housing, Freda Prempeh, has been elevated to the position of substantive Minister at the Sanitation and Water Resources Ministry.
The Tano North Member of Parliament, Freda Prempeh, would replace Cecilia Abena Dapaah, who resigned last Saturday.
A release dated Tuesday, July 25, 2023, and signed by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, announced the appointment and two other reshuffles.
“President Akufo-Addo, in consultation with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration and Roads and Highways, respectively, has also appointed the Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways and Member of Parliament for Afigya Sekyere East, Mavis Nkansah Boadu, as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, and the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration and Member of Parliament for Tatale/Sanguli, Thomas Mbomba, as Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways,” the statement said.
The then Sanitation Minister found herself entangled in public backlash following news of money stashed in her residence at Abelemkpe, a suburb of Accra.
The Chronicle’s Court Correspondence, which broke the news, reported how the court had been invited to try the house help of the Minister and four other accomplices for theft.
The case is expected to be back in court on August 2, 2023.
The Minister, in her resignation letter about 24 hours after the publication, claimed her integrity was intact, adding that any investigation would exonerate her.
