Salary Of Ministers In Ghana

Salary Of Ministers In Ghana: Currently in Ghana, the president; His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo-Addo appointed 37 ministers for various ministries.

Current Ministers in Ghana 

1. Minister Ministry
2. Alan John Kyeremanteng Trade
3. Albert Kan Dapaah National Security
4. Ambrose Derry Interior
5. Awal Mohammed Business Development
6. Barbara Oteng Gyasi Tourism, Culture and Creative Art
7. Cecilia Abena Dapaah Sanitation and Water Resources
8. Cynthia Morrison Gender, Children and Social Protection
9. Dan Kwaku Botwe Regional Reorganization and Development
10. Dominic Nitiwul Defence
11. Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei Monitoring and Evaluation
12. Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh Education
13. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto Agriculture
14. Kenneth Ofori Atta Finance
15. Elizabeth Afole Quaye Fisheries and Aquaculture
16. Gloria Akuffo Attorney General
17. Hajia Alima Mahama Local Government
18. Ignatius Baffuor Awuah Employment and Labour Relations
19. Isaac Kwame Asiamah Youth and Sports
20. Joe Ghartey Railways Development
21. John Peter Amewu Energy
22. Kofi Dzamesi Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs
23. Kofi Addah Aviation
24. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Information
25. Kwaku Agyemang Manu Health
26. Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh Lands and Natural Resources
27. Kweku Ofori Asiamah Transport
28. Kwesi Amoako-Atta Roads and Highways
29. Mavis Hawa Koomson Special Development Initiative
30. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid Inner cities and Zongo Development
31. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu Parliamentary Affairs
32. Prof. George Gyan-Baffour National Development Planning Commission
33. Prof George Yaw Gyan Baffour Planning
34. Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
35. Samuel Atta Akyea Works and Housing
36. Shirley Ayorko Botchway Foreign Affairs
37. Ursula Owusu Ekuful Communications
38. Yaw Osafo Marfo Senior Minister

Functions of Ministers in Ghana

Generally, Ministers are heads of the various ministries, ensuring that the duties of the ministry is carried out to serve the country.

Lets look at the role they various ministries play.

Roles of Ministry of Education

The ministry of education is to:

Expand access to education
Provide and improve infrastructure facilities
Raise the quality of teaching and learning for effective outcomes
Make education more relevant to national goals and aspiration by focusing on vocational and technical education.
Make tertiary education more cost effective.

Read more on the ministry of education at http://moe.gov.gh/

Roles of Ministry of Health

The ministry of health is to:

Develop health policies
Set standards for health care delivery in the country.
Provide ways for health care delivery services.
Monitor health care agencies
Set policies for the practice of Traditional and Alternative Medicine in the country.
Provide source of funding for health service delivery.
Allocate resources to all health care delivery agencies under the ministry.

Read more on the ministry of health at https://moh.gov.gh/

Roles of Ministry of Information

The ministry of information is to:

Improve transparency and public access to information.
Mainstream development communication across the public sector.
Promote social accountability in the public policy cycle.
Enhance the capacity of the media for sustainable development communication, accountability and press freedom.

Read more on the ministry of information at http://moi.gov.gh/

Roles of Ministry of Finance

The ministry of Finance is to:

Coordinate and enforce financial sector policies and activities of regulators and other national stakeholders to facilitate the attainment of objectives of financial sector initiatives in line with government policies and social contract across industry.
Monitor and evaluate to ensure that government economic policy is supported by a smooth and well-functioning financial system.
Promote and facilitate the education, public awareness and financial inclusion and literacy of the public and capacity building of regulatory bodies in the financial sector.

Read more on the ministry of finance at https://www.mofep.gov.gh/about-mof

Roles of Ministry of Defence

The ministry of Defence is to:

Initiate and formulate policies in relation to the operations of the Ghana Armed Forces.
Work in close collaboration with the National Security Council and the enable them function efficiently.
Facilitate the capacity building of its staff as well as those of the Ghana Armed Forces.
Collaborate with other security agencies to ensure the maintenance of law and order in the country.

Read more of the ministry of Defence at  http://mod.gov.gh/

Read on the rest of the ministries with the following links

Links To The Various Ministries in Ghana.

Ministry of Trade- www.moti.gov.gh

Ministry of Foreign Affairs- www.mfa.gov.gh

Ministry of National Security- www.mofep.gov.gh

Ministry of Business Development- www.mobd.gov.gh

Ministry of Interior- www.mint.gov.gh

Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Art- www.motac.gov.gh

Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources- www.mswr.gov.gh

Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection- www.mogcsp.gov.gh

Ministry of Regional Reorganization and Development- www.mofep.gov.gh

Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation- www.mome.gov.gh

Ministry of Food and Agriculture- www.mofa.gov.gh

Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture- www.mofad.gov.gh

Ministry of Attorney General- www.mojagd.gov.gh

Ministry of Local Government- www.mlgrd.gov.gh

Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations- www.melr.gov.gh

Ministry of Youth and Sports- www.moys.gov.gh

Ministry of Railways Development- www.mrd.gov.gh

Ministry of Energy- www.energymin.gov.gh

Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs- www.mcra.gov.gh

Ministry of Aviation- www.moa.gov.gh

Ministry of Land and Natural Resources- www.minr.gov.gh

Ministry of Transport- www.mot.gov.gh

Ministry of Roads and highways- www.mrh.gov.gh

Ministry of Special Development Initiative- www.msdi.gov.gh

Ministry of Inner Cities and Zongo Development- www.miczd.gov.gh

Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs- www.mopa.gov.gh

Ministry of National Development Planning Commission- www.ndpc.gov.gh

Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation- www.mesti.gov.gh

Ministry of Works and Housing- www.mwh.gov.gh

Ministry of Communication- www.moc.gov.gh

Salary of Ministers in Ghana

In Ghana, some ministers are also members of parliament for certain constituencies. This affects their salary as compared to ministers who are only ministers and not MPs. Find below the salary of Ministers in Ghana.

Cabinet Minister (MP) – GH¢16,423
Cabinet Minster (Non MP) – GH¢ 16,195
Minister of State (MP) – GH¢ 15,967
Minister of State (Non MP) – GH¢ 15,739
Regional Minister (MP) – GH¢ 15,967
Regional Minister (Non-MP) – GH¢15,511
Deputy Minster (MP) – GH¢ 14,826
Deputy Regional Minister (MP) – GH¢14,598
Deputy Minister (Non-MP) – GH¢ 14,369
Dep. Regional Minster (Non-MP) – GH¢ 14,142
Chairman, Council of State – GH¢ 14,826
Member, Council of State – GH¢ 13,685  

Aside this amount, the Ministers receives incentives such as a salon car, free fuel, service men; bodyguards, house helps, etc.

Now you can understand why our politicians leave their slick lifestyle and why many young people want to enter politics.