President John Dramani Mahama has announced a reduction in the number of government ministries, cutting them from 29 to 23, as part of an administrative restructuring initiative aimed at enhancing efficiency and streamlining government operations.
The re-organisation was formalised through the Civil Service (Ministries) Instrument, 2025 (E.I. 1), signed by President Mahama on January 9, 2025.
The Executive Instrument outlines the newly established ministries and revokes the previous arrangement under the Civil Service (Ministries) Instrument, 2021 (E.I. 12).
The instrument was made in exercise of the power conferred on the President under section 11(3) of the Civil Service Act (copy attached below), 1993 (P.N.D.C.L. 327).
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President Mahama has created a new ministry for Youth Development and Empowerment.
This has been done by removing Youth from Sports, and making it stand alone as Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment.
Sports has a new name with Recreation added to it – Ministry of Sports and Recreation.
Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs has been added to Local Government – Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs.
President Mahama has also highlighted Green Transition and added it to the name of Energy – Ministry of Energy and Green Transition.
Innovation has also been removed from Environment, Science, and Technology and added to the Ministry of Communications with the new name, Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations.
The following are the ones that have been revoked
- Information
- National Security
- Parliamentary Affairs
- Railway Development
- Sanitation and Water Resources
- Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs [Has been added to Local Government]
- Public Enterprises
Newly Established Ministries
The following 23 ministries will now be a part of Ghana’s Civil Service:
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of the Interior
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Energy and Green Transition
- Ministry of Roads and Highways
- Ministry of Transport
- Ministry of Sports and Recreation
- Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations
- Ministry of Environment, Science, and Technology
- Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment
- Ministry of Works, Housing, and Water Resources
- Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection
- Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts
- Ministry of Labour, Jobs, and Employment
- Ministry of Food and Agriculture
- Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry