Minister for Information (Ghana) explained

The Minister for Information in Ghana usually heads the Ministry of Information. This position has existed in various configurations until the cabinet reshuffle of 16 July 2014 when President Mahama merged the functions of this ministry into that of the Ministry of Communications with the Minister of Communications having oversight for both Information as well as Communications.^[1] On 16 July 2014, Mahama had another cabinet reshuffle involving a lot of ministries.^[2]

List of ministers

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1		6 March 1957			Convention People's Party
2	Kwaku Boateng (MP)
3	Tawia Adamafio (MP)	1960	1962
4	Imoru Egala (MP)	1962
5					Military government
6	T.D. Brodie Mends (MP)	1 October 1969	27 January 1971		Progress Party
7		1972	May 1972		Military government
8
8	Colonel C. R. Tachie-Menson
9				Supreme Military Council
10	Colonel Parker H.S. Yarney
11	Dixon Kwame Afreh			Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
12	Yaw O. Afriyie John S. Nabila	1979	1980		People's National Party
13		1982	1985		Military government
14		1985	1993
		1993	2001		National Democratic Congress
15		2001	2003		New Patriotic Party
16	Nana Akomea (MP)	2003	2005
17	Daniel Kwaku Botwe	2005	2006
18	Kwamena Bartels (MP)	2006	2007
19	Florence Oboshie Sai-Cofie^[3]	2007	2008
20	Stephen Asamoah Boateng^[4] ^[5]	2008	2009
21	Zita Okaikoi	2009	2010		National Democratic Congress
22	John Tia (MP)	2010	2012
23	Fritz Baffour (MP)	2012	2012
		2012	2013	Mahama government
24	Mahama Ayariga (MP)	30 January 2013	16 July 2014
25		February 2017	August 2018^[6]	Akuffo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
26	Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (MP)	August 2018	February 2024^[7]
27	Fatimatu Abubakar	February 2024	Incumbent

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mahama announces first ministerial reshuffle. General news. Ghana Home Page. 23 March 2013 . 11 March 2013.
2. Web site: Ministerial reshuffle: Spio rejoins gov't. Ghanaweb.com. Ghana Home Page. 31 July 2014.
3. Web site: 25 July 2007. Oboshie Sai Coffie Dazzles The Appointments Committee Of Parliament. 2021-01-11. www.ghanaweb.com. en.
4. Web site: Asamoah-Boateng: There is no pressure on government. 2021-01-11. Modern Ghana. en.
5. Web site: Delay in passing information bill seeks to improve implementation first. 2021-01-11. www.ghanadot.com.
6. Web site: Zongo Minister appointment a higher calling – Mustapha Hamid . Ghanaweb.com . GhanaWeb . 14 October 2018.
7. Web site: GNA . 2024-02-14 . President reshuffles Cabinet, 13 ministers, 10 deputies out . 2024-06-11 . Ghana News Agency . en-US.