Alan Kyeremanten resigns as Trade Minister – Skyy Power FM

Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, the minister of trade, has left the cabinet.

The minister submitted his letter of resignation to President Nana Akufo-Addo on January 5, 2023, according to numerous people close to him.

There have long been rumours that the person known as “Alan Cash” wants to run for the position of New Patriotic Party flagbearer (NPP).

But it’s not clear if the resignation is intended to free him up to focus on that goal.

In 2007, Mr Kyerematen ran for the NPP leadership and received 32.3% of the vote.

He came in second place behind Nana Akufo-Addo, who received 47.96% of the vote.

In his subsequent bids for the party’s leadership in 2010 and 2014, Mr Kyerematen came in second to Akufo-Addo, who had won the primary elections.

To replace departing Director-General Pascal Lamy, Ghana submitted Kyerematen for the position of WTO director-general in 2012, and the African Union supported his candidacy (AU).

He did not, however, make the shortlist for the 2013 selection process.

Kyerematen was sworn in as Ghana’s Minister of Trade in 2017.