- Kwamena Ahwoi
Kwamena Ahwoi (born 1951) is a politician in
Ghana who served as Minister for Local Government and Rural Development from 1990–2001 in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, during the reign ofJerry Rawlings . He also briefly served as Minister of foreign affairs in 1997, and was acting minister in that department during much of 1990s. In 2005, he resigned as director of research for the NDC. [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=90662 |title=Kwamena Ahwoi Quits NDC? |accessdate=2007-04-17 |work=General News of Thursday, 22 September 2005 |publisher=Ghana Home Page]Kwamina Ahwoi studied Law on a
Rhodes Scholarship atOxford . His career in the NDC government has allowed him various positions. In the mid 1980s, Awhoi served as director of the office of Revenue, Commissioners, Investigations, and Tribunals, and was the acting secretary of foreign affairs. by 1990, he was Secretary for Local Government and Rural Development. During his term in the office of foreign affairs, he attempted to unify the NDC with the National Reform Party in 1999, and he sent troops to join theNigeria n ledECOMOG in quelling theSierra Leone Civil War after a coup in 1997. After the NDC lost in the election of 2000, Ahwoi was critical of the newNew Patriotic Party government, and worked to reduce factionalism in the NDC.He is a now a lecturer at the
Greenhill Institute of Management and Public Administration , a tertiary institution in Ghana. [cite web|url=http://www.ghanadistricts.com/news/?read=2739&PHPSESSID=b3420f8e1098bd392ffbafef4b580547 |title=Empower District Offices of CHRAJ - Ahwoi |accessdate=2007-04-17 |work=Official Local Government website |publisher=Min. of Local Govt., Rural Dev. & Environment & Maks Publications & Media Services]Notes and references
*"Kwamena Ahwoi Quits Position". Africa News. (2005) AllAfrica, Inc. September 23, 2005
*"Ahwoi troubles Reform". Africa News (1999) AllAfrica, Inc. December 21, 1999Persondata
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