Central Regional Minister

The new Central Regional Minister, Hon Justina Marygold Assan has charged all heads of department in the Central Region to collectively Strive hard to change the narrative about Region as it is being counted as one of the poorest Region among the Sixteen Regions in the Country.

At the maiden meeting with all heads of department in the Region being held at Regional Cordinating Council, Mrs. Assan revealed that, all the various departments must be up and doing to materialise the President’s transformational agenda and to fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals before 2030.

The Central Regional minister stressed that, it is about to work hard in conformity of the Local Governance Act 936 of 2016 in the quest to change the lives of people

Mrs.Justina Marygold Assan said, even though there is an existence of National Agenda and development agenda, the regional agenda is very important to be looked at, which will help them drop their priorities and peculiarities into the National agenda for the betterment of the Central Region.

“We need to change the narrative, it is just a big anomaly when we are tagged as one of the poorest Region in the country.” she hinted.

The honourable Central Regional Minister in an interview with Anaafi Kokooto of Kingdom Fm Cape Coast disclosed about the need for the meeting and said, the meeting was held for all the departments to know the vision of the President and of the Central Region which will help them set a goal to achieve all the vision by setting a Regional Development Strategy to guide cc them with any developmental step the region will take to drive it to the Richest.

On Thursday, 11th March 2021, His Excellency The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo sworn into office the sixteen (16) Regional Ministers at a ceremony at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency.

In his remarks, he urged them to provide leadership in their respective regions that will ensure that the work on which they are collectively embarking benefits the progress of our nation, and helps raise the living standards of our people.

The former Municipal Chief Executive for the good people of Agona West, Hon. Mrs Justina Marygold Assan who passed out his vetting before the parliamentary vetting committee was part of the 16 regional ministers designate who were sworn into office by the president.

Below is a detailed profile for Hon. Mrs Justina Marygold Assan, the current Central Regional Minister.

Hon. Mrs. Justina Marigold Assan was appointed as the Municipal Chief Executive for Agona West Municipal Assembly on 5th May. 2017.

Prior to her appointment as the Municipal Chief Executive, she had taught for about 18 years and rose to the position of Head of Home Economics Department of Obrachire Senior High Technical School.

She held various positions in the New Patriotic Party at both Constituency and Regional level in the Central Region as a result of her hardwork and dedication to activities of the party.

These positions include a Polling Station Women’s Organizer, Deputy Constituency Organizer for the party in the Agona West Constituency and a Deputy Regional Women’s Organizer in the Central Region.

She was appointed as a Government Appointee at the Agona West Municipal Assembly in 2017 before her elevation to the position of the Municipal Chief Executive.

Hon. Justina Marigold Assan is very hardworking, respectful, honest, diligent, eloquent and dedicated to duty. These attributes have enabled her to chalk successes in the areas of Sanitation, Education, Healthcare Delivery, Job Creation among others, since her assumption intooffice. Considering her background as an educationist, she and some like-minded persons have formed a group known as Ambassadors for Change to promote girl-child education within the Municipality and beyond.

Hon. Mrs. Justina Marigold Assan is married with three (3) children. At her leisure, she enjoys reading, sewing, participating in seminars and cooking.

She is the current Central Regional Minister sworn into office by H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, 11th March, 2021.

Source: Sintim Media

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LET’S COLLECTIVELY WORK HARD TO LIFT CENTRAL REGION FROM POOR TO RICH –CENTRAL REGIONAL MINISTER TO HER HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS

Former MCE For Agona West, Hon. Mrs Justina Marygold Assan Sworn In As Central Regional Minister