{"id":974,"date":"2023-01-07T05:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T05:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=974"},"modified":"2023-01-07T05:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T05:08:00","slug":"i-wish-you-well-akufo-addo-accepts-alans-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=974","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI wish you well\u201d: Akufo-Addo accepts Alan\u2019s resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Alan Kyerematen and Nana Akufo-Addo\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"330\" is_main_img=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Alan-and-Nana.jpeg?resize=500%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 13px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 780px;\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<figure style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\"><figcaption style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 11.7px; left: 0px; line-height: 1.8; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 5px 10px; position: absolute;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: tiefonticon !important; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><\/span><br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 30px;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px auto 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/akufo-addo-lets-deepen-relationship-between-church-and-state\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/a>&nbsp;has accepted the resignation from office of the Trade Minister,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/alan-kyerematens-resignation-came-too-late-says-ben-ephson\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">Alan Kyerematen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Kyerematen resigned on Thursday (5 January) after meeting with Akufo-Addo to inform him personally&nbsp;of his decision to leave office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">President Akufo-Addo thanked Kyerematen for his service to the government and to the country and wished him well in his future endeavours, a statement issued by the Office of the President said.<span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cThe president has asked the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to act as caretaker minister at the Ministry of Trade and Industry until a substantive appointment is made,\u201d said the director of communications at the Office of the President, Eugene Arhin, in the statement issued today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Below is the full statement:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 6px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-141961\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"622\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/President-Akufo-Addo-accepts-Alan-Kyerematens-resignation-1.jpg?resize=480%2C622&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/President-Akufo-Addo-accepts-Alan-Kyerematens-resignation-1.jpg?resize=502%2C650&amp;ssl=1 502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/President-Akufo-Addo-accepts-Alan-Kyerematens-resignation-1.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/President-Akufo-Addo-accepts-Alan-Kyerematens-resignation-1.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/President-Akufo-Addo-accepts-Alan-Kyerematens-resignation-1.jpg?resize=1187%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/President-Akufo-Addo-accepts-Alan-Kyerematens-resignation-1.jpg?resize=1583%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1583w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/President-Akufo-Addo-accepts-Alan-Kyerematens-resignation-1.jpg?w=1700&amp;ssl=1 1700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/President-Akufo-Addo-accepts-Alan-Kyerematens-resignation-1.jpg?w=1416&amp;ssl=1 1416w\" style=\"border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px;\" width=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 6px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Long overdue<\/h4>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Speaking on&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Asaase Breakfast Show<\/em>&nbsp;on Friday (6 January), the pollster Ben Ephson said Kyerematen\u2019s resignation is long overdue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cI can confirm that it\u2019s true,\u201d Ephson said. \u201cIt\u2019s been too long in coming. We should expect a reshuffle in the coming weeks. By Tuesday or Wednesday it will be clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Source: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/\">www.asaaseradio.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; President&nbsp;Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo&nbsp;has accepted the resignation from office of the Trade Minister,&nbsp;Alan Kyerematen. Kyerematen resigned on Thursday (5 January) after meeting with Akufo-Addo to inform him personally&nbsp;of his decision to leave office. President Akufo-Addo thanked Kyerematen for his service to the government and to the country and wished him well in his future [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,70,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-home","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cI wish you well\u201d: Akufo-Addo accepts Alan\u2019s resignation - Gh-newsbay<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=974\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cI wish you well\u201d: Akufo-Addo accepts Alan\u2019s resignation - Gh-newsbay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; President&nbsp;Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo&nbsp;has accepted the resignation from office of the Trade Minister,&nbsp;Alan Kyerematen. 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