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Kwamena Ahwoi
Minister for Planning and Regional Economic Co-operation and Integration
In office
January 2000 – January 2001
PresidentJerry Rawlings
Preceded byNew Ministry
Succeeded byKofi Konadu Apraku
22nd Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)
In office
April 1997 – December 1997
PresidentJerry Rawlings
Preceded byObed Asamoah
Succeeded byJames Victor Gbeho
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development
In office
March 1993 – January 2000
PresidentJerry Rawlings
Preceded byWilliam Yeboah
Succeeded byCecilia Johnson
Personal details
Born (1951-10-13) 13 October 1951 (age 73)
Winneba, Ghana
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
RelationsKwesi Ahwoi, Ato Ahwoi
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
ProfessionAcademic, Lawyer

Kwamena Ahwoi (born 13 October 1951)[1][2] is a Ghanaian academic and politician, who served as Minister for Local Government and Rural Development from 1990 to 2001 in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, during the reign of Jerry Rawlings. He also briefly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1997, and was acting minister in that department during much of the 1990s.

Early life and education

He was born on Saturday 13 October 1951 at South Suntreso, Kumasi. He has eight siblings, among them is Kwasi Ahwoi and Ato Ahwoi.[3] He has two brothers and five sisters. He is a Fante Sefwi and the fourth child of eight children. His mother died in January 2020 at the age of 97 but his father died when he was still a young boy.[4]

He had his upbringing in Kumasi. He pursued his 'O level' at the Okuapeman School at Akropong Akuapem. He later continued to Opoku Ware School.[5]

From 1971 to 1974, Prof. Ahwoi was enrolled at the faculty of law at the University of Ghana. He studied Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) on a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University as his post-graduate course in 1975.[6]

Career

He became a full-time lecturer at the University of Ghana in the faculty of law from 1982 to 1993. On 31 December 1981, he was moderating a new year class in Legon when Jerry John Rawlings asked him to report to the Gonda Barracks of the Ghana armed Forces join the PNDC.[4] After spending time in politics he went back into academia, he is currently a lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, a tertiary institution in Ghana.[7] Ahwoi is a Governance Professor at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) School of Governance and Leadership.[8]

Politics

Between January and August 1982, he acted as the special aid to Chairman Jerry John Rawlings and his first major assignment was to join a delegation and negotiate with President Shehu Shagari of Nigeria to restore oil supply to Ghana. President Shehu Shagari had truncated oil supplies to Ghana in protest of the 4 June revolution.[4] Obed Asamoah

From 1982 to 1987, he managed the Judicial, and Quasal arms of the 4 June Revolution. Being among 27 people selected to develop a roadmap for development as the country was preparing to move into its Fourth Republic. They developed the District Political Authority and Modalities for District Level Election which was popularly called the 'Blue Book'.[5]

In the mid-1980s, he served as Director of the Office of Revenue Commissioners, Investigations and Tribunals. between 1982 and 1988[9][1]

He was Secretary for Local Government and Rural Development and also acted as the acting secretary for Foreign Affairs during the PNDC regime. During his term in the office of foreign affairs, he attempted to unify the NDC with the National Reform Party in 2, and he sent troops to join the Nigerian-led ECOMOG in quelling the Sierra Leone Civil War after a coup in 1997. After the NDC lost in the election of 2000, Ahwoi was critical of the new New Patriotic Party government, and worked to reduce factionalism in the NDC.[citation needed] In 2005, he resigned as director of research for the NDC.[10]

Author

As an academic and a knowledgeable politician Ahwoi has written four books in relation to local governance, decentralisation and history in Ghana's politics.[11][8]

Books

  • Decentralisation in Ghana: A Collection of Essays[11]
  • Enhancing the Decentralisation Programme: District Assemblies and Sub-structures as Partners in Governance [9]
  • Local Government and Decentralization in Ghana[12]
  • Working with Rawlings[13][14][15]

Personal life

He is married with 4 children.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ahwoi, Kwamena (2000). Enhancing the Decentralisation Programme: District Assemblies and Sub-structures as Partners in Governance. Institute of Economic Affairs. ISBN 9789988584245. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Index Ah-Al".
  3. ^ "Kwamena Ahwoi writes about his working relationship with Rawlings". Graphic Online. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Footprints with Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi". Citi Tube. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Footprints with Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi". Citi Tube. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Kwamena Ahwoi Minister, Ministry of Local Governance and Rural Development, Ghana". Innovations for Successful Societies. Princeton University. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Empower District Offices of CHRAJ - Ahwoi". Official Local Government website. Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Environment, & Maks Publications & Media Services. Retrieved 17 April 2007.
  8. ^ a b ABK (2 November 2017). "Professor Kwamena Ahwoi Immortalise Knowledge Into Book". News Ghana. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b c Ahwoi, Kwamena (1 January 2000). "Enhancing The Decentralisation Programme: District Assemblies And Sub-Structures As Partners In Governance". Africa Portal. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Kwamena Ahwoi Quits NDC?". General News of Thursday, 22 September 2005. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 17 April 2007.
  11. ^ a b francis (2 November 2017). "Ghana's Authoritative Book on Decentralisation launched". Ghana Business News. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  12. ^ Ahwoi, Kwamena (2010). Local government & decentralisation in Ghana. Accra: Unimax Macmillan. ISBN 978-9988-0-4493-0. OCLC 649703833.
  13. ^ "If 'Working with Rawlings' book is to destroy former president's legacy, you're wasting your time – Dan Abodakpi to Ahwoi". MyJoyOnline.com. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  14. ^ "WORKING WITH RAWLINGS". Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Dan Abodakpi disputes claims in Ahwoi's book 'Working with Rawlings' - Graphic Online". www.graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
William H. Yeboah
 Minister for Local Government and Rural Development
1993 – 2000 		Succeeded by
Cecilia Johnson
Preceded by Foreign Minister
(acting)1
1997 		Succeeded by
New title Minister for Planning and Regional Economic Co-operation and Integration
? – 2001 		Succeeded by
Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku
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