Minister for Information (Ghana)

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The Minister for Information in Ghana usually heads the Ministry of Information. This position has existed in various configurations until the cabinet reshuffle of 16 July 2014 when President Mahama merged the functions of this ministry into that of the Ministry of Communications with the Minister of Communications having oversight for both Information as well as Communications. [1] On 16 July 2014, Mahama had another cabinet reshuffle involving a lot of ministries. [2]

List of ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
16 March 1957 Nkrumah government Convention People's Party
2 Kwaku Boateng (MP)
3 Tawia Adamafio (MP)19601962
4 Imoru Egala (MP)1962
5 National Liberation Council Military government
6 T.D. Brodie Mends (MP)1 October 196927 January 1971 Busia government Progress Party
7 Major Anthony Selormey [ citation needed ]1972May 1972 National Redemption Council Military government
8 Colonel I. K. Acheampong
8Colonel C. R. Tachie-Menson
9 Major General Robert Kotei Supreme Military Council
10Colonel Parker H.S. Yarney
11 Dixon Kwame Afreh
{Commissioner for Information and Cocoa Affairs}		 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
12Yaw O. Afriyie
John S. Nabila
{Minister for Information and Tourism}		19791980 Limann government People's National Party
13 Joyce Aryee 19821985 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
14 Kofi Totobi Quakyi 19851993
19932001 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
15 Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey 20012003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
16 Nana Akomea (MP)20032005
17 Daniel Kwaku Botwe 20052006
18 Kwamena Bartels (MP)20062007
19 Florence Oboshie Sai-Cofie [3] 20072008
20 Stephen Asamoah Boateng [4] [5] 20082009
21 Zita Okaikoi 20092010 Mills government National Democratic Congress
22 John Tia (MP)20102012
23 Fritz Baffour (MP)20122012
20122013 Mahama government
24 Mahama Ayariga (MP)30 January 201316 July 2014
25 Mustapha Abdul-Hamid February 2017August 2018 [6] Akuffo-Addo government New Patriotic Party
26 Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (MP)August 2018February 2024 [7]
27 Fatimatu Abubakar February 2024 [7] Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ "Mahama announces first ministerial reshuffle". General news. Ghana Home Page. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ministerial reshuffle: Spio rejoins gov't". Ghanaweb.com. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Oboshie Sai Coffie Dazzles The Appointments Committee Of Parliament". www.ghanaweb.com. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Asamoah-Boateng: There is no pressure on government". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Delay in passing information bill seeks to improve implementation first". www.ghanadot.com. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Zongo Minister appointment a higher calling – Mustapha Hamid". Ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. 1 2 GNA (14 February 2024). "President reshuffles Cabinet, 13 ministers, 10 deputies out". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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