Edward Omane Boamah

Edward Kofi Omane Boamah is a Health Policy Planning and Financing Expert, a Medical Practitioner and a Ghanaian Politician who served as the Minister for Communications and Spokesperson to the President of the Republic of Ghana. Omane Boamah is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[1][2]

Edward Kofi Omane Boamah
Dr. Edward Kofi Omane Boamah
Minister for Communications
In office 14 February 2013 – January 2017
President	John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by	Haruna Iddrisu
Succeeded by	Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports
In office February 2012 – January 2013
President	John Evans Attah-Mills
Deputy Minister for Environment, Science and Technology
In office April 2009 – February 2012
President	John Evans Attah-Mills
Personal details
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Alma mater	London School of Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Ghana Medical School
Occupation	Health Policy Planning and Financing Expert
Profession	Medical Practitioner

Education

He attended Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary in Koforidua, Ghana. He is an alumnus of the University of Ghana Medical School, where he trained as a Medical Doctor. He did a stint at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. In addition, he holds a Masters Degree in Health Policy Planning and Financing from both London School of Economics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. As a student he served students’ body as the: President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the Coordinating Secretary of the Federation of Ghana Medical Students Association (FGMSA).

Political career

Deputy Minister for Environment, Science and Technology

From 2009 to 2012, he served as a Deputy Minister for Environment, Science and Technology[3][4] and later National Democratic Congress’s Deputy Campaign Coordinator in the 2012 general elections. He also served as the Vice Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD).

As a Deputy Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, he chaired the Committees which investigated the spillage of Low Toxicity Oil Based Mud (LTOBM) by KOSMOS Energy in the Jubilee Offshore Field – West Cape Three Points in Ghana and the spillage of Sodium Cyanide in a Water Body in Kenyase, Ghana, by Newmont Ghana Gold Limited. During his tenure the government invested in a nation wide tree planting address issues relating to global warming and excessive cutting down of trees which threatens the world. [5]

Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports

Omane Boamah served as Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport in the administration of President John Evans Attah-Mills from 2012 to 2013.[6][7][8]

Minister for Communications

He was appointed in February 2013 by President John Mahama after the Ghanaian general election in December 2012, Spokesperson to the President of Ghana, H.E John Dramani Mahama from August 2014 to January 2017.[1][9] Prior to this appointments, he was assigned the responsibility of coordinating Ghana's participation in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON 2013).

As Minister for Communications, he was an advocate for the protection of children online. He responded to the growing cyber threats by setting up the National Computer Emergence Response Team and a National Committee on Child Online Protection to develop a national child online protection framework and usage of the internet.[10]

He also served as a Member of the Board of Ghana AIDS Commission from 2014 to 2016.

Medical career

He also served as a member of the WHO volunteers monitoring the 2004 Expanded Programme on Immunisation in the Asuagyaman District in the Eastern Region of Ghana and also a member of the Medical Rescue team for the "May 9, 2001 Stadium Disaster" in Ghana.

After his party, National Democratic Congress lost the 2016 General Election he went back to practising medicine and is currently a Board Member of the Afrah International Hospital where he consults as well.

Notable previous assignments

• Spokesperson to the President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E John Dramani Mahama.
• Coordinator of Ghana's participation in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations [11]
• Chairman of Investigative Committees on the spillage of Low Toxicity Oil Based Mud (LTOBM) by KOSMOS Energy in the Jubilee Offshore Field – West Cape Three Points in Ghana and the spillage of Sodium Cyanide in a Water Body in Kenyase, Ghana, by Newmont Ghana Gold Limited.

See also

• List of Mahama government ministers
• National Democratic Congress

References

1. "Parliament approves nine more appointees". Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
2. MyNewsGH (8 August 2020). "I recruited Omane Boamah when he was a card bearing member of NPP – Kwesi Pratt". MyNewsGh. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
3. "Edward Omane Boamah". World Bank Live. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
4. ghanareview. "Deputy Ministers". www.ghanareview.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
5. "Ministry to spend GH¢ 200,000 on tree planting nation-wide". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
6. "Edward Omane Boamah". World Bank Live. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
7. "Government appoints Omane-Boamah as Ghana's 2013 Afcon coordinator | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
8. "GNPC INJECTS 450,000 IN ECOWAS GAMES | Comprehensive Ghana Oil and Gas news, information, updates, analysis". www.reportingoilandgas.org. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
9. "Minister Engages Former Appointees | Ministry of Communications". www.moc.gov.gh. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
10. "World Telecommunication Development Conference 2014". www.itu.int. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
11. "Government names Omane Boamah as Ghana's Coordinator of AFCON 2013". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020