Busia government


This is a listing of the ministers who served in Busia's Progress Party government during the Second Republic of Ghana. The Second Republic lasted from 1 October 1969 to 13 January 1972.

List of ministers

PortfolioMinisterTime frameNotes
Prime MinisterKofi Abrefa Busia1 October 1969 – 13 January 1972
Deputy Prime MinisterWilliam Ofori Atta?–?
Deputy Prime MinisterJ. Kwesi Lamptey?–?
Minister for [Foreign Affairs (Ghana)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]Victor Owusu1969–1971
Minister for Foreign AffairsWilliam Ofori Atta1971 – 13 January 1972
Minister for InteriorSimon Diedong Dombo1969–1971
Minister for InteriorNicholas Yaw Boafo Adade1971–1972
Minister for DefenceJ. Kwesi Lamptey1969–1971
Minister for DefenceBukari Adama27 Jan 1971 – 12 Jan 1972
Attorney General and Minister for JusticeVictor Owusu1971–1972
Attorney General and Minister for JusticeNicholas Yaw Boafo Adade1969–1971
Minister for Finance and Economic PlanningJoseph Henry Mensah1969–1972
Minister for HealthSimon Diedong Dombo1971–1972
Minister for HealthGibson Dokyi Ampaw1969–1971
Minister for Local GovernmentKwabena Kwakye Anti1969–1971
Minister for Education, Culture and SportWilliam Ofori Atta1969–1971
Minister for Education, Culture and SportR. R. Amponsah1971 – Jan 1972
Minister for AgricultureKwame Safo-Adu1969–1972
Minister for [Trade and Industry (Ghana)|Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism]Richard Abusua-Yedom Quarshie1969–1972
Minister for Labour and Social WelfareJatoe Kaleo1969–1971
Minister for Labour and Social WelfareWilliam Godson Bruce-Konuah1971–1972
Minister for Transport and CommunicationsHaruna Esseku1969–1971
Minister for Transport and CommunicationsJatoe Kaleo1971–1972
Minister for WorksSamuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko1969–1971
Minister for HousingWilliam Godson Bruce-Konuah1969–1971
Minister for HousingSamuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko1971–1972
Minister for Social DevelopmentAkumfi Ameyaw Munufie1969–?
Minister for Lands, Mineral Resources, Forestry and WildlifeR. R. Amponsah1969–1971
Minister for Lands, Mineral Resources, Forestry and WildlifeT.D. Brodie Mends1971–1972
Minister for InformationT.D. Brodie Mends1 October 1969 – 27 January 1971
Minister for InformationJanuary 1971–January 1972
Minister for Parliamentary AffairsBukari Adama1969–1971
Minister for Parliamentary AffairsJ. Kwesi Lamptey1971–1972
Minister of State K.G. Osei Bonsu1969–1972

List of ministerial secretaries (Deputy Ministers)

PortfolioMinisterTime frameNotes
Minister for InteriorKwaku Baah1969–1972
Minister for DefenceMohammed Abdul-Saaka
Thomas Kwame Aboagye		1969–1972
Minister for Foreign AffairsJohn Agyekum Kufuor1969–1972
Minister for WorksWalter Horace Kofi-Sackey1969–1972
Minister for HousingOfresu Kwabena Poku1969–1972
Minister for Transport and CommunicationsSolomon Osei-Akoto,
Joseph Yaw Manu		1969–1972
Minister for Finance and Economic PlanningJones Ofori Atta,
Charles Omar Nyanor		1969–1972
Minister for Youth and Rural developmentAlexander Apeatu Aboagye da Costa,
Carl Daniel Reindorf		1969–1972
Attorney GeneralAkenten Appiah-Menka1969–1972
Office of the Prime MinisterAlexander Abu Abedi1969–1972
Minister for InformationMichael Kwasi Osei1969–1972
Minister for Labour and Co-operativesAlfred Badu Nkansah1969–1972
Minister for National Service CorpsSamuel Kobina Casely Osei-Baidoo1969–1972
Minister for AgricultureShanni Mahama1969–1972
Minister for Trade, Industry and TourismStephen Krakue1969–1972
Minister for Lands, Mineral Resources, Forestry and WildlifeAnane Antwi-Kusi,
Daniel Poku Agyekum		1969–1972
Minister for HealthJoseph Godson Amamoo,
Adam Amandi		1969–1972
Minister for Education, Culture and SportsSabastien Kwaku Opon,
Oheneba Kow Eduakoh Richardson		1969–1972
Minister for Local AuthorityJustice Akuamoa Boateng,
John Kofi Fynn		1969–1972

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