Mahama names Zanetor Rawlings for Environment, reassigns Ayariga to Chieftaincy in first reshuffle

President John Dramani Mahama has nominated Klottey Korle Member of Parliament, Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings, as Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, as part of a cabinet shake-up aimed at filling key government positions.

The Environment portfolio had remained without a substantive minister following the death of Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed in the August 2025 helicopter crash that also claimed the life of former Defence Minister Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah.

The President has also nominated Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga as Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, while reassigning two other ministers to new portfolios.