President Nana Akufo-Addo has on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 named Honorable Freda Prempeh as the replacement for Honorable Cecilia Abena Dapaah at the Minister for Sanitation and Natural Resources whose resignation was confirmed on July 22, 2023.
Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah resigned from the position as the Sanitation and Natural Resources Minister following an alleged huge sums of money found in her possession which was stolen by her house help.
A sum of $1,000,000.00, €300,000.00 and some figures in the local currency in addition to jeweleries and other belongings have been reported to have gone missing.
Subsequently, the Office of the Special Prosecutor has placed Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah under house arrest all in effort to ascertain the facts of the matter.
On Friday, the President has announced through the Communication Ministry that Honorable Freda Prempeh will now control the Sanitation and Natural Resources Ministry.
In addition Honorable Mavis Nkansah Boadu will take the role as the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration and Honorable Thomas Mbomba as Minister for Road and Highways.
Breaking News: Cecilia Abena Dapaah resigns as Sanitation Minister
