[1][2] The function of the ministry is to improve the distribution of electricity across the country, especially to communities and towns in rural Ghana.

[3][1] The minister for energy and petroleum is the head of the ministry and is directly accountable to the President of Ghana.

The current minister is John Abdulai Jinapor who succeeds Herbert Krapa under the Nana Akufo-Addo administration government.

Before then, Matthew Opoku Prempeh was the sector minister until July 2024 when he decided to be the Vice Presidential candidate to Mahamudu Bawumia during the 2024 general elections.

[3][4] The ministry has increased the number of towns and communities on the national grid as well as improved the quality of supply of electricity.