Minister for Information (Ghana)

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

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Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1 6 March 1957 Nkrumah government Convention People's Party
2 Kwaku Boateng (MP)
3 Tawia Adamafio (MP) 1960 1962
4 Imoru Egala (MP) 1962
5 National Liberation Council Military government
6 T.D. Brodie Mends (MP) 1 October 1969 27 January 1971 Busia government Progress Party
7 Major Anthony Selormey[citation needed] 1972 May 1972 National Redemption Council Military government
8 Colonel I. K. Acheampong
8 Colonel C. R. Tachie-Menson
9 Major General Robert Kotei Supreme Military Council
10 Colonel Parker H.S. Yarney
11 Dixon Kwame Afreh
{Commissioner for Information and Cocoa Affairs}
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
12 Yaw O. Afriyie
John S. Nabila
{Minister for Information and Tourism}
1979 1980 Limann government People's National Party
13 Joyce Aryee 1982 1985 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
14 Kofi Totobi Quakyi 1985 1993
1993 2001 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
15 Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey 2001 2003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
16 Nana Akomea (MP) 2003 2005
17 Daniel Kwaku Botwe 2005 2006
18 Kwamena Bartels (MP) 2006 2007
19 Florence Oboshie Sai-Cofie[3] 2007 2008
20 Stephen Asamoah Boateng[4][5] 2008 2009
21 Zita Okaikoi 2009 2010 Mills government National Democratic Congress
22 John Tia (MP) 2010 2012
23 Fritz Baffour (MP) 2012 2012
2012 2013 Mahama government
24 Mahama Ayariga (MP) 30 January 2013 16 July 2014
25 Mustapha Abdul-Hamid February 2017 August 2018[6] Akuffo-Addo government New Patriotic Party
26 Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (MP) August 2018 February 2024[7]
27 Fatimatu Abubakar February 2024[7] Incumbent

References

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  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. ^ a b GNA (14 February 2024). "President reshuffles Cabinet, 13 ministers, 10 deputies out". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 11 June 2024.