Michael Ofori-Atta has been a Diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for years. Indeed, he was with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before Nana Addo (now President) became Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2003. In the last four years, between (2017-2021) he was the Director of ECOWAS at the Jubilee House.
In fact, a diplomat of his stature deserves more than an ambassador at large.
He becomes Ghana's second Ambassador at Large after former PNC flagbearer Dr Edward Mahama, the country's ambassador in the President's first term.
Meanwhile, former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama has been appointed Head of Mission for the United States of America, whiles Papa Owusu Ankomah heads the mission in the United Kingdom.