Joseph Kofi Adda

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Honorable Joseph Kofi Adda (born April 22, 1956 , Navrongo , Ghana) is a former Ghanaian Minister for Energy in the government of John Agyekum Kufuor until he was released in March 2008. Adda is married with two children. In addition to his ministerial office, Adda has been a member of the Ghanaian parliament for the constituency of Navrongo Central since 2003.

Adda studied between 1979 and 1982 at Indiana Wesleyan University at Marion College in the USA. Here he graduated summa cum laude in economics and political science. Between 1982 and 1984, Adda was enrolled at Columbia University in New York and graduated with a Masters in International Affairs specializing in Finance and Banking. He also got a certificate in African studies from Columbia. In France he studied French language and civilization at the Sorbonne .

Adda is Vice-Chair of the Privilege Committee in the Ghana Parliament. He is also a member of the Finance Committee, Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs and Commerce, Industry and Tourism committees. In April 2006 he moved from the office of the Minister of Labor to that of the Minister of Energy, where he replaced Mike Oquaye . His term of office as energy minister was marked on the one hand by notable oil discoveries, but on the other hand by a severe energy crisis, which Ghana could only partially master through the acquisition of emergency power generators. He was dismissed from his position as energy minister on March 19, 2008. Presumed reasons are on the one hand unsuccessfulness as a minister, on the other hand his support for Nana Akufo-Addo as candidate of the NPP in the presidential election in 2008 before the party's nomination congress. His successor is Felix Owusu-Adjapong .

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  1. ↑ The Guardian: Ghana enters oil age with wary eye on neighbors . July 30, 2007
  2. ↑ BBC News: Investigating Ghana's energy crisis . May 25, 2007
  3. ↑ modernghana.com: Owusu-Adjapong Nominated For Energy . April 20, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Adda, Joseph Kofi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ada, Joseph Kofi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian politician, Minister for Energy in Ghana
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Navrongo , Ghana