President Mills swears-in Victor Smith, Kamel Ford as Regional Ministers

President John Evans Atta Mills on Monday swore-in two new Regional Ministers, Mr Victor Emmanuel Smith and Mr Henry Kamel Ford, and charged them to start work immediately and keep an eye on the biometric voter registration exercise.

Mr Smith goes to the Eastern Region while Mr Ford looks after the Volta Region.

Until his new appointment by the President, Mr Smith was Ghana’s Ambassador to the Czech Republic, while Mr Ford, who is also MP for Buem, was the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources.

The two Ministers took the Oaths of Office of a Minister, Secrecy and Allegiance, administered by President Mills, at the Osu Castle in Accra.

They also signed the Oath Books and were given the Instrument of Office in the form of a Scroll in the Ghanaian national colours of red, yellow and green.

Source: GNA