New oil minister named in Ghana
Ghana 
ACCRA, January 12, 2017 – Newly installed President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Boakye Agyarko as Ghana’s minister of petroleum. He succeeds Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah.
Agyarko, whose name appeared on a cabinet list issued on Tuesday, has had a career in banking, including more than 20 years at BNY Mellon.
Earlier this week, another West-African nation saw a change of the guard at its petroleum ministry. On Monday, Gabon’s Minister of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons, Etienne Dieudonné Ngoubou, was replaced by Minister of Economy Pascal Houangni Ambourouet.
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