Abena Osei-Asare Appointed As Minister of State

The Deputy Minister for Finance, and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Atiwa East constituency, Abena Osei-Asare, has been appointed by President Akufo-Addo as a Minister of State at the Finance Ministry.

Mrs Osei-Asare takes up the role from Mohammed Amin Adam who has been appointed as the substantive Finance Minister following Ken Ofori-Atta’s exit from office on Wednesday, 14 February 2024 after serving in the space for 7 years and 2 months.

 Profile Osei-Asare

Mrs Osei-Asare is a Banker and Chartered Accountant. She has served as a member of Parliament for the Atiwa East constituency in the Eastern Region from 7 January 2013 to date.

In the House of Parliament, she currently serves as a Board Member of the Parliamentary Service Board and also on the Finance Committee, since January 2017, and Employment, Social Welfare, and State Enterprises from January 2013 to date. She also served on the Public Accounts Committee from January 2013 till January 2017.

Before entering Parliament, Abena Osei–Asare worked as the Assistant Director for the New York University in Ghana from 2004 to 2007 and also as a customer team leader from 2007 to 2009 as a sales dealer in the Treasury Department of Barclays Bank Ghana Limited.

Abena Osei–Asare is married with three children and she runs an NGO, “The Waterbrooke Foundation” which supports brilliant but needy students with their education.

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