President Mills continues to reshuffle cabinet

President John Atta Mills has dismissed the Ashanti Regional Minister and the Director of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).

A statement signed by presidential secretary J.K. Bebaako-Mensah, released last week, announced that Ashanti Regional Minister Kofi Opoku-Manu will be replaced by the head of the Ashanti Regional Lands Commission Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah, and GIS director Elizabeth Adjei will be replaced by Deputy Commissioner of Police Dr Peter A. Wiredu.

Also removed from office is the Ashanti Regional Manager of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Afrifa Yamoah Ponko.

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