Volta Regional Minister

The Volta Regional Minister is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Volta Region of Ghana. The boundaries of the Volta Region have changed at various times in Ghana's history. Following the December 2018 referendums, the region has been divided into two with the northern part becoming the Oti Region and the southern part remaining as the Volta Region. There are currently sixteen administrative regions in Ghana.

List of Volta Regional Ministers

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	C. H. Chapman (MP) [1]	November 1957	June 1959	Nkrumah government	Convention Peoples' Party
2	Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka (MP) [1]	June 1959	June 1960
3	Francis Yao Asare [2] [1] (MP)	1960	1961
4	Hans Kofi Boni [3] [1] (MP)	October 1961	July 1965
5	Joseph Kodzo [4] [1] (MP)	July 1965	February 1966
6	E. Q. Q. Sanniez [1]	February 1966	May 1966	National Liberation Council	Military government
7	Lt. Col. E. N. Dedjoe [1]	May 1966	July 1967
8	Lt. Col. E. A. Yeboah [1]	July 1967	June 1968
9	E. C. Beckley	1968	1969
10	Alfred Senaya Kpodonu (MP) [1]	October 1969	January 1972	Busia government	Progress Party
11	Major P. K. D. Habadah [5] [1] (Regional Commissioner)	January 1972	May 1973	National Redemption Council	Military government
12	Colonel E. O. Nyante [1] (Regional Commissioner)	May 1973	January 1974
13	Colonel J. A. Kabore [1] (Regional Commissioner)	January 1974	October 1975
14	Lt. Colonel G. K. Amevor [6] [7] (Regional Commissioner)	October 1975	June 1979	Supreme Military Council
		June 1979	September 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
15	Nelson Agbesi (MP) [1] [8]	October 1979 [1] [9]	November 1979	Limann government	People's National Party
16	D.Y. Agumey [1]	October 1979	December 1980
17	F. Q. Amegah	December 1980	December 1981
18	Francis Agbley (Regional Secretary)	1982	1982	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
19	Yao Fiagbe [1] [10] (Regional Secretary)	1982	January 1983
20	A.K. Asamoah-Tutu [1]	1983	April 1984
21	Colonel C. K. Amable [1]	April 1984	July 1984
22	Air Commodore F. W. Klutse [1]
23	Richard Seglah [11] (Regional Secretary)	1986	?
24	Modestus Yao Z. Ahiable (MP)	1993	1997	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
25	Lt. Col. Charles K. Agbenaza	1997	2001
26	Kwasi Owusu-Yeboa	2001	2005	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
27	Kofi Dzamesi	2005	January 2009
28	Joseph Amenowode (MP)	2009	July 2012	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
29	Henry Ford Kamel (MP) [12]	March 2012	December 2012 [13]
30	Helen Ntoso (MP)	2013	March 2013 [14]	Mahama government
31	Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo (MP) [15]	March 2013 [14]	July 2014
32	Helen Ntoso (MP)	July 2014	January 2017
33	Archibald Letsa [16]	February 2017	January 2025	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
34	James Gunu [17]	January 2025	Incumbent	Mahama 2nd government	National Democratic Congress

See also

• Africa portal

• Ministers of the Ghanaian Government
• Volta Region
• Trans-Volta Togoland

Notes

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5. Jubilee Ghana - A 50-year news journey thru' Graphic. Accra, Ghana: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 2006. p. 171. ISBN   9988809786.
6. Nkrumah, I. K., ed. (2 June 1976). "You are welcome!". Newspaper. No. 7968. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Daily Graphic. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
7. "Regional Commissioners as at Sept. 1, 1978". Ghana News. 7 (8). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 13. September 1978. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
8. "Set Up Watch C'ttees". Daily Graphic. No. 9106. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 1 February 1980. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
9. "Debates of 30 Jun 2016". Odekro. Accra: Parliament of Ghana. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
10. "Fiscal Year Changes". Ghana News. 11 (6): 8. June 1982.
11. "PNDC Regional Secretaries". Ghana News. 15 (5): 2. May 1986.
12. "President Mills swears-in Victor Smith, Kamel Ford as Regional Ministers". www.ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
13. "Volta Regional Minister, Ford Kamel, is dead". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
14. "Reshuffling Regional Ministers all too soon is impolitic". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
15. Akpah, Prince (19 June 2013). "List of Regional Ministers in Ghana with Their Deputies". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
16. "Regional Ministers Approved". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
17. Asare, Fred Quame (2025-01-31). "James Gunu prioritizes resolving water crisis in Volta Region as he assumes official duty on Monday - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2025-02-01.