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[edit]

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			Supreme Military Council
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	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
14	Kofi Totobi Quakyi	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
23	Fritz Baffour (MP)	2012	2013	Mahama government
24	Mahama Ayariga (MP)	30 January 2013	16 July 2014	Mahama government
25	Mustapha Abdul-Hamid	February 2017	August 2018^[6]	Akuffo-Addo's government	New Patriotic Party
26	Kojo Oppong Nkrumah^[7]	August 2018	incumbent	Akuffo-Addo's government	New Patriotic Party

References[edit]

^ "Mahama announces first ministerial reshuffle". General news. Ghana Home Page. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
^ "Ministerial reshuffle: Spio rejoins gov't". Ghanaweb.com. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
^ "Oboshie Sai Coffie Dazzles The Appointments Committee Of Parliament". www.ghanaweb.com. 25 July 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^ "Asamoah-Boateng: There is no pressure on government". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^ "Delay in passing information bill seeks to improve implementation first". www.ghanadot.com. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
^ "Zongo Minister appointment a higher calling – Mustapha Hamid". Ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ "NPP never promised to build factories in every district – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah". GhanaWeb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 14 October 2018.

[LastInfoMinister-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] "NPP never promised to build factories in every district – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah". GhanaWeb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 14 October 2018.

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