LIST: Finance Minister inaugurates 15-member National Asset Management Working Committee

The Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has inaugurated a 15-member National Asset Management Working Committee tasked with identifying, accounting for, and ensuring the effective management of Ghana’s public assets.

The committee, which was inaugurated at a brief ceremony in Accra, is expected to tackle long-standing concerns over the mismanagement, underutilisation, and deterioration of state properties across the country.

Speaking at the event, Dr Forson underscored the urgent need for a comprehensive and up-to-date State Assets Register, describing its absence as a significant gap in Ghana’s public financial management system.

He expressed worry over the neglect and misuse of government properties and raised alarm about the rampant sale and unlawful occupation of public lands, which, he said, had undermined the state’s ability to maximise the value of its assets.

The newly constituted committee is chaired by the Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Ampem Nyarko, who pledged to lead a transformation in the management of public resources.

He assured that the practice of acquiring new assets without a proper inventory of existing ones would be brought to an end.

Full Membership of the Committee includes;

• Thomas Ampem Nyarko – Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance (Chairperson)
• Ms. Abigail Naa Odoi – Deputy Director, Office of the President
• Mr. Edwin Nkrumah – Assistant Chief Estate Manager, Ministry of Works, Housing and Water Resources
• Dr. Sylvia Adusu – Chief State Attorney, Attorney-General’s Department
• Mrs. Mavis Asare Donkor – Director of General Administration, Ministry of Education
• Mr. Frank Raji – Director of General Administration, Ministry of Health
• Mr. Theophilus Okine – Director of Procurement and Supply Chain, Ministry of Defence
• Dr. Gideon Asamoah Tetteh – Director of Finance and Administration, Ministry of the Interior
• Mr. Erya Nutsugah – Director of Policy, Planning, Budget, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
• Mr. Dela Kemevor – Director of General Administration, Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs
• Mr. Walter A. Adabere – Acting Director of Administration and Deputy Director, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Office of the Administrator-General
• Dr. Gad Asowoe Akwensivie (Esq.) – Acting Administrator, Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands
• Mr. Anthony Mallen Ntiador – Acting Deputy Executive Secretary, Lands Commission
• Mr. James Bondzie – Principal Estate Manager, Public Works Department
• Mrs. Millicent Atuguba – Acting General Manager, Operations, State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA)

The Ministry of Finance said the committee’s work would form a cornerstone of efforts to improve transparency, accountability, and sustainability in public asset administration, and also support broader public sector reform initiatives.