The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has accepted the resignation of Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Hon. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah.

The Deputy Minister visited a registration center in his constituency before the period of self-isolation completed after testing positive for coronavirus, a breach of the Nation’s protocols on COVID-19, and an act of disrepute towards Ghanaians.

The news was confirmed by the Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin from the Office of the President on Friday, July 3, 2020.

“The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 3rd July 2020, on Friday, 3rd July 2020, accepted the resignation from office of the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Hon. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, MP, which takes immediate effect,” the statement said.

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“This follows the admission by the Deputy Minister of his breach of the COVID-19 protocols, when, as a person certified to be positive for the virus, he visited a registration center in his constituency before the period of self-isolation was complete.

“President Akufo-Addo is admonishing all of his appointees to bear in mind that they are to provide leadership, at all times, for adherence to the protocols that have been established to help the nation defeat COVID-19.

“In accepting the resignation, the President recognizes that Hon. Carlos Ahenkorah has acted honorably in the circumstances by resigning his office, and wishes him well,” the statement added.