The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has been instructed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to act as the interim Minister of Food and Agriculture.
On Tuesday, January 10, 2023, the sector minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, submitted his letter of resignation to the president.
Afriyie Akoto personally informed the President of his desire to leave from his job as Food and Agriculture Minister on January 12, 2023, according to a statement released by Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the President’s office.
The statement added that the member of parliament for Awutu Senya East will assume the position of caretaker Minister for Food and Agriculture until a substantive minister is appointed for the ministry.
See the full statement below.
