President John Dramani Mahama has nominated Alhaji Yusif Sulemana, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bole Bamboi, in the Savannah Region, as Deputy Minister-designate of Lands and Natural Resources.
The nomination was announced by Mr Felix Ofosu Kwakye, the Spokesperson for President Mahama.
Alhaji Sulemana is a distinguished development finance and tax analyst, banker, and politician with extensive experience in the financial and legislative sectors.
He is currently pursuing a PhD with research focus on taxation, holds an MPhil in Development Finance from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), an Executive MBA in Project Management.
Alhaji Sulemana holds a BSc in Administration, specialising in Banking and Finance from the University of Ghana (UG), and a trained teacher, having graduated from the Tamale Training College.
Alhaji Sulemana serves as National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP, since January 2017 till date, reflecting his unwavering commitment and dedicated service to his constituents.
While in Parliament, he has been a ranking member of the Select Committee on Trade, Industry and Tourism, chairman of the Savannah Regional Parliamentary Caucus and member of the Public Accounts Committee, amongst others.
Before entering Parliament, Alhaji Sulemana was the manager for Projects at the Export Trade, Agriculture, and Industrial Development Fund (EDAIF), now Ghana EXIM Bank from 2013 to 2016.
His earlier career includes a tenure at UNIBANK Ltd, where he served as Client Relationship Manager and Personal Banker from 2004 to 2010. He also worked as the Country Coordinator for Educate Africa Totally, a USA-based NGO, from 2002 to 2004.
Alhaji Sulemana is a professional member of the Chartered Institute of Development Finance and the Institute of Directors, Ghana.
The President also nominated 12 others as deputy ministers-designate for: Ministry of Finance – Thomas Nyarko Ampem; Ministry of the Interior, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi; Ministry of Defence, Ernest Brogya Gyenfi; Ministry of Education, Clement Abas Apaak and Ministry of Energy and Green Transition, Richard Gyan-Mensah.
The others are Ministry of Roads & Highways, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini; Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, Justice Srem-Sai; Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Rita Naa Odoley Sowah and Ministry of Works, Housing and Water Resources, Gizella Tettey-Agbotui
The rest are Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Yussif Issaka Jajah; Ministry of Food and Agriculture, John Kofi Setor Dumelo and Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Samson Ahi
The President has also nominated Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba as Minister of State, Public Sector Reforms.
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