The Minister for Defence is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Defence of Ghana and the Ghana Armed Forces. The Minister for Defence since February 2017 is the Hon. Dominic Nitiwul. He was appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
The ministry has had a succession of ministers since independence starting with the Governor - General. During the rule of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, there was no specific minister as the council as a body was responsible for Defence.[1]
^. Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^Kraus, Jon (April 1966). . Africa Report. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
External links
Minister for Defence, Official Ghana Government website
March 03, 2023
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