Member of Parliament for Sekondi Constituency, Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer, has been appointed as the new Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture.
This forms part of the government reshuffling, which was done on Wednesday, February 14.
Mercer will be taking over from Dr. Mohammed Awal, who assumed the role in 2021.
Prior to his appointment, he was a Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Energy.
The Minister-designate attended Adisadel College in Cape Coast, where he obtained both his GCE Ordinary level and GCE Advanced level certificates.
He gained entrance into the University of Ghana, graduating with honors in a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities and a Bachelor of Laws.
Mercer studied at the Ghana School of Law and qualified as a lawyer in Ghana after passing his bar examination.
He also served as the Head of the Legal Department at the First Atlantic Bank and was a senior associate at Acquah-Sampson & Associates.
The MP is now a lead attorney at his eponymous law firm, Mercer & Company.
He also served on two committees in parliament, namely the Special Budget Committee and the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee.
Source: Ghana/MaxTV/MaxFM/max.com.gh/Joyceline Natally Cudjoe
