President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday named ten fine gentleman to be added to his government to serve as ministers for each of the nation’s ten administrative regions.
The ten, like all his ministerial picks, have to be vetted and approved by Parliament, but that would come in due time.
In the meantime, learn all you can about the respective picks, including the one put in charge of your particular region.
Archibald Yao Letsa – Volta Region
Archibald Yao Letsa is 59 years old and hails from Klefe Achatime in the Ho Central Constituency.
He is a medical doctor by profession, with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery degree from the University of Ghana Medical School.
In 1990, he obtained a Master of Public Health degree from the Department of Public Health Medicine, University of Leeds, UK. From 1983 to 1994, he worked in several healthcare instutitions in the Volta and Eastern Regions, before going into private medical practice from 1995 to 2014 with the setting up of the Miracle Life Clinic Ltd., Ho.
He is the Chief Executive Officer of AVL Holdings Ghana Limited, also based in Ho, and has from April 2016 to date been a part-time Senior Lecturer at the School of Medicine of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho.
He was the NPP’s parliamentary candidate for the Ho Central constituency in the 2008 and 2012 elections, and from 2014 to date was the Volta Regional First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party in the Volta Region.
He is married with three children.