Imoru Egala
Alhaji Imoru Egala was a Ghanaian politician and educationist. He held various positions in government in the Gold Coast and after independence of Ghana. He was the Minister for [Foreign Affairs (Ghana)|foreign minister] of Ghana in the First Republic between 1960 and 1961.
Work and politics
Minister of state (Nkrumah Government)
He was a member of the Convention People's Party. He held various cabinet posts under Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party government, including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for [Information (Ghana)|Minister for Information]. He also held the position of Minister of Health and Minister of Industries at a point in time in the Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party government.Along with serving as minister in different roles at different period in Kwame Nkrumah's administration, he also served a member of parliament for the Tumu Constituency.
After the coup etat by Colonel E. Kotoka and Major Afrifa in 1966, Egala who was a well known associate of Kwame Nkrumah and a key member of his Nkrumah regime, was jailed by the military.
People's National Party
Egala was also a founder of the People's [National Party (Ghana)|People's National Party] a political party which claimed to represent and continue the Nkrumah Heritage. The People's National Party which won the 1979 presidential election|presidential] and parliamentary elections. He sponsored the candidacy of Dr. Hilla Limann, who became the president of the Third Republic of Ghana, because he was then serving a 12-year ban from public office in Ghana.In January 1980, Egala began a court process against the electoral commissioner seeking redress of the court to restore his eligibility for public office.
Personal life
Alhaji Imoru Egala had four wives; Hajia Amina Egala, Hajia Memuna Egala, Hajia Adisa Egala and Susie Egala along with 12 children; three boys and nine daughters.Imoru is the maternal grandfather of Farouk Aliu Mahama.