Profile Of The New Finance Minister, Mohammed Amin Adam
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Dr Emmanuel Amin Adam
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has announced a ministerial reshuffle, which has seen some ministers sacked while others have been reassigned. Mohammed Amin Adam, the Member of Parliament for Karaga Constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana, has been named as the new Finance Minister to replace woeful failure Ken Ofori-Atta. Let’s take a look at his profile.
Mohammed Amin Adam Profile
Mohammed Amin Adam was previously Deputy Minister for Energy. He also served as a Minister of State at the Finance Ministry.
Age
He was born on April 15th, 1974. He is 49 years old. He will be 50 years old in April, this year.
Education
He attended the Northern School of Business (Nobisco) in Tamale from 1988 to 1991 and Tamale Secondary School (now Tamale Senior High School) from 1991 to 1993. He has a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics and an M.Phil. in Economics from the University of Cape Coast. He holds a Ph.D. in Petroleum Economics from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, & Mineral Law, and Policy at the University of Dundee in the UK, specialising in petroleum fiscal policy in resource-led economies and resource governance. Additionally, he is a fellow of the Institute of Certified Economists of Ghana.
Emmanuel Amin Adam Profile
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Political Career
Adam is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He began his involvement in politics at a young age. His interest in politics earned him the nickname ‘political Anta’ while at Nobisco. During his days at the University of Cape Coast, he was the secretary of TESCON. In 1998, he was elected the national secretary and later national president of the National Union of Students.
He contested as the parliamentary candidate of the NPP for Choggu Tishegu Constituency in 2000 but lost to Hon. Abubakari Sumani. In 2004, he was elected to contest as the NPP parliamentary candidate for the Tamale Central Constituency, but he lost to Alhassan Wayo Seini of the NDC.
President John Kufour appointed him as the Deputy Northern regional minister in 2005 and later the Mayor of Tamale