body-container-line-1
25.02.2017 General News

Nana appoints first woman secretary to the Cabinet

By Ghanaian Chronicle
Nana appoints first woman secretary to the Cabinet
25.02.2017 LISTEN

Pursuant to Article 76(3) of the Constitution, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed Ambassador Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari as Secretary to the Cabinet, effective February 14, 2017. She becomes the first woman in Ghana's history to hold this position.


A statement issued in Accra yesterday, and signed by the Acting Director of Communication at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, said Ambassador Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari is a career diplomat, and, was until her appointment, Ghana's High Commissioner to Australia, with concurrent accreditation to New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and other countries in the Pacific region.

 

body-container-line