Full Ministerial list out, minus Roads

•Asabee, Bartels, Yaw Barimah

President John Agyekum Kufuor accomplished the task of reshuffling his Cabinet yesterday when he unveiled the final list of ministerial appointments, whose highlight includes major movements of ministers.

Hon. Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, who until yesterday was Local Government Minister, now returns to his former base, Tourism & Diasporan Affairs, where he was a deputy minister.

By the new list, he is now substantive head of the ministry, a position previously held by Mr. Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey until his resignation recently to concentrate on his presidential ambitions.

Hon. Kwadwo Adjei-Darko, MP for Sunyani West, is now Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment, taking over from Mr. Asamoah-Boateng.

The latest development puts the lid over a subject which had engaged the local media since the ministers with presidential ambitions handed over their resignation letters to their boss, President Kufuor.

Those who made the list are Albert Kan Dapaah, Minister of Defence; Kwamena Bartels, Minister of the Interior; Prof. Dominic Fobih, Minister of Education, Science and Sports; and Alhaji Abubakar Siddique Boniface, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing.

Others are Mrs. Esther Obeng Dapaah, Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines; Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, Minister of Tourism and Diasporan Relations; Kwadwo Adjei-Darko, Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment; Mr. Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning; Francis Poku, Minister of National Security; Major (Rtd) Courage Quashigah, Minister of Health; Joe Ghartey, Minister of Justice and Attorney General; Ernest Debrah, Minister of Food and Agriculture; Joseph Kofi Adda, Minister of Energy; and Akwasi Osei Adjei, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD.

The rest are Mrs. Gladys Asmah, Minister of Fisheries; Abraham Ossei Aidooh, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Joe Baidoo-Ansah, Minister of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development and PSI; Nana Akomea, Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment; Mrs Oboshie Sai-Cofie, Minister of Information and National Orientation; Dr Benjamin Aggrey-Ntim, Minister of Communications; Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Women and Children's Affairs; and Prof. Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi, Minister of Ports, Harbours and Railways.

The Ministers of State are Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning; Ambrose Dery, Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, Sampson K. Boafo, Minister of State for Culture and Chieftaincy; Ms Gloria Akuffo, Minister of State for Aviation; Samuel Owusu-Adjei, Minister of State for Public Sector Reform and Ms. Elizabeth Ohene, Minister of State at the Ministry of Education.

The rest are Nana Obiri Boahen, Minister of State at the Ministry of the Interior; Ms Cecilia Dapaah, Minister of State at the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing; Godfred T. Boyon, Minister of State at the Ministry of Transportation; Charles B. Bintim, Minister of State at the Presidency and Yaw Barimah, Minister of State at the Presidency.

The list of regional ministers, which showed most of them keeping their positions, has George Hikah Benson as Upper West Regional Minister; Alhassan Samari for Upper East Region; Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, Northern Region; Ignatius Baffuor Awuah, Brong Ahafo Region; and Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah, Ashanti Region.

Others are Kwadwo Afram Asiedu, Eastern Region; Kofi Dzamesi, Volta Region; Evans A. Amoah, Western Region; Nana Ato Arthur, Central Region; and Sheikh I. C. Quaye, Greater Accra Region.

But for a few controversies which saw the suspension of approval of three nominees, the vetting process was by and large smooth.