Adisa Munkaila | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Council of State of Ghana | |
| In office March 2001 –6 January 2005 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Minister for Labour and Social Welfare | |
| In office 14 November 1980 –31 December 1981 | |
| President | Hilla Limann |
| Vice President | Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson |
| Preceded by | Frank Q. Amega |
| Succeeded by | Ato Austin |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Convention People's Party |
| Other political affiliations | People's National Party |
| Relatives | Alhassan Wayo Seini |
| Alma mater | Achimota School |
Adisa Munkaila is a Ghanaian politician.
Adisa Munkaila had her secondary education at the Achimota School in the northern suburbs of Accra. [1]
Munkaila was a Deputy Minister in the People's National Party government under President Hilla Limann during the third republic. [2] She was later promoted after a cabinet reshuffle on 14 November 1980 to Minister for Labour and Social Welfare by President Limann. [3] She was the first woman to lead this ministry in Ghana. [4]
Munkaila was a member of the Convention People's Party during the fourth republic. Prior to the 2008 Ghanaian general election,she was on the party's vetting committee for its presidential candidates. [5]
Munkaila was one of eleven people appointed as a member of the Council of State of Ghana in 2001 by John Kufuor,President of Ghana. [2] [6] She served between March 2001 and January 2005. [7]
Munkaila served as the chairperson of the executive board of the Northern Network for Education Development which was a non-governmental organisation bringing together various bodies to promote education in Northern Ghana. [8] [9]