Freda Prempeh replaces Cecilia Dapaah as Sanitation Minister

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has today appointed Member of Parliament for Tano North, Freda Prempeh, as the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources.

She replaces embattled Cecilia Dapaah who resigned recently from her position as Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources.

In a statement signed by the Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, “The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed the Minister of State at the Presidency and Member of Parliament for Tano North, Hon.Freda Prempeh, as the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources.”

It added that “She takesover from Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, whose letter of resignation, dated Saturday, 22nd July 2023, was accepted by the President on Saturday, 22nd July 2023.”

In a related development, the statement revealed that “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,
Hon. Mavis Nkansah Boadu, as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Regional Integration, and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration and Member of Parliament for Tatale/Sanguli, Hon. Thomas Mbomba, as Deputy
Minister for Roads and Highways.”

These appointments take effect immediately.

By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme