Provisional National Defence Council

{{short description|Government of Ghana from 1981 to 1993, led by Jerry Rawlings}} {{Infobox executive government | government_name = Provisional National Defence Council | nativename =  | border =  | image =  | image_size = | alt = | image2 =  | image_size2 =  | alt2 =  | caption = | date_established = {{Start date|1981|12|31|df=y}} | date_dissolved = {{End date|1993|01|07|df=y}} | state = Ghana | country =  | polity =  | leader_title = Chairman (Jerry Rawlings) | appointed =  | main_organ = | ministries = | responsible =  | budget =  | address = Accra | url =  }} {{Politics of Ghana}} The '''Provisional National Defence Council''' ('''PNDC''') was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a coup d'état on 31 December 1981. He remained in power until 7 January 1993. In a statement, Rawlings said that a "holy war" was necessary due to the PNP's failure to provide effective leadership and the collapse of the national economy and state services.

The PNDC was a military dictatorship that induced civilians to participate in governance. Most of its members were civilians. Its policies reflected a revolutionary government that was pragmatic in its approach.{{clarify|date=June 2019|reason=What does this mean?}} The economic objectives of the PNDC were to halt Ghana's economic decay, stabilize the economy, and stimulate economic growth. The PNDC also brought a change in the people's attitude from a 'government will provide' position to participating in nation-building.{{cn|date=June 2019|reason=Need to support each sentence in this paragraph.}}

The PNDC provided a new constitution in 1992 and held elections that year. Rawlings's party, the NDC, won the presidential election with 58% of the vote. The opposition boycotted the subsequent parliamentary elections.<ref name="Jeffries">{{Cite journal|author1=Jeffries, Richard |author2=Thomas, Clare |name-list-style=amp |year=1993|title=The Ghanaian Elections of 1992|journal= African Affairs|volume=92|issue=368|pages=331–366|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a098639 }}</ref>

== Members == The seven original members of the PNDC from its inception were as follows: * Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings - Chairman * Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah - retired Chief of Defence Staff * Reverend Dr. Vincent Kwabena Damuah * Warrant Officer I Joseph Adjei Buadi * Sergeant Daniel Alolga Akata Pore * Joachim Amartey Quaye * Chris Bukari Atim

Brigadier Nunoo-Mensah, who had been retired by the Limann government, was recalled as Chief of Defence Staff and the second-in-command of the PNDC. Reverend Damuah was an outspoken priest of the Roman Catholic Church in Ghana. Joachim Amartey Quaye was a labour leader who led a strike at the Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation (GIHOC) and was removed by Hilla Limann's government. Chris Bukari Atim was a student leader and friend of Jerry Rawlings. Adjei Buadi and Akata Pore were junior ranks in the Ghana Air Force.<ref>{{cite journal |title=COUNCIL NAMED TO RULE GHANA |journal=The New York Times |date=13 January 1982 |page=3 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/13/world/council-named-to-rule-ghana.html |access-date=28 September 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===Departures and replacements=== Over the years, some people were added to the membership and others left. A number left in 1982 due to ideological differences. Joachim Amartey Quaye was executed for his involvement in the murder of three senior judges and a retired army officer. Rev. Damuah who was suspended from the Catholic Church because of his involvement in the government left in late 1982 and started his own church later called the Afrikania Mission, an organization devoted to the promotion of African Traditional Religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ospiti.peacelink.it/anb-bia/nr444/e05.html |title=Ghana - Libation issue rears up again |access-date=2010-07-22 |publisher=African News Bulletin |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526134940/http://ospiti.peacelink.it/anb-bia/nr444/e05.html |archive-date=2011-05-26 }}</ref>

{{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Additions''' * Mrs. Aanaa Naamua Enin- appointed August 1982<ref name="obedasamoah">{{cite book |last1=Asamoah |first1=Obed Y. |title=The political history of Ghana (1950-2013) : the experience of a non-conformist |date=2014 |location=Bloomington, IN |isbn=978-1496985644 |page=299 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O28ZBQAAQBAJ&dq=ebo+tawiah+resigns&pg=PA299 |access-date=28 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="Ghana Ministers">{{cite web |url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Ghana.htm |title=Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership |access-date=2010-06-05 |author=Martin K.I Christensen }}</ref> * Ebo Tawiah - appointed August 1982<ref name="obedasamoah"/> * Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri - appointed January 1983<ref name="pndcmember"/> * Justice D.F. Annan- appointed 1984<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/pop-up.php?ID=244 |title=Justice Daniel Francis Annan |access-date=2010-07-18 |author=Ghana News Agency |work=Ghana Famous People |publisher=Ghana Home Page}}</ref> * Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu - appointed October 1984<ref name="Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri">{{cite web|title=The Rawlings Revolution |url=http://ghanadistricts.com/home/?_=49&sa=4768&ssa=795 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204083037/http://ghanadistricts.com/home/?_=49&sa=4768&ssa=795 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2016 |publisher=GhanaDistricts.com |access-date=26 December 2012 }}</ref><ref name="asamoah">{{cite book |last1=Asamoah |first1=Obed Y. |title=The political history of Ghana (1950-2013) : the experience of a non-conformist |date=2014 |location=Bloomington, IN |isbn=978-1496985644}}</ref> * Captain (rtd) Kojo Tsikata - July 1985<ref name="asamoah"/> * P. V. Obeng - July 1985<ref name="asamoah"/> * Major General Arnold Quainoo * Maj. Gen. Winston C.M. Mensa-Wood * Captain (rtd) Kingsley Bruce * Air Vice Marshal A. H. K. Dumashie * Dr. Mrs. Mary Grant - appointed 1989<ref name="Ghana Ministers"/> * Mrs. Susanna Al-Hassan - appointed 1985<ref name="Ghana Ministers"/> {{col-2}} '''Departures''' * Brigadier Joseph Nunoo Mensah - resigned 1982 * Rev. Dr. Kwabena Damuah - resigned 1982 * Warrant Officer I Mumuni Seidu- resigned June 1994 * Warrant Officer I Joseph Adjei Buadi - resigned December 1984 * Sergeant Daniel Alolga Akata Pore - 1982 * Joachim Amartey Quaye - executed August 1982<ref>{{cite web |url=http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft2199n7n7&chunk.id=d0e1725&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e1156&brand=eschol |title="Chapter 2— Ghana in Economic Crisis" in The Politics of Reform in Ghana, 1982–1991 |access-date=2007-04-28 |pages=32}}</ref> * Chris Bukari Atim - resigned 1982 * Ebo Tawiah * Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri - died 25 August 1984<ref name="Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri"/> * Brigadier W. M. Mensa-Wood - died 1992<ref name="gn-15-5-2"/> * Captain Kingsley Bruce * Mrs. Susanna Al-Hassan - departed 1987 * Mrs. Aanaa Naamua Enin - left in 1989 {{col-end}}

===August 1992 onwards — final membership=== * Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings - Chairman * Justice D. F. Annan * Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu * Captain (rtd) Kojo Tsikata * P. V. Obeng * Lieutenant General Arnold Quainoo * Air Vice Marshal Dumashie * Dr. Mrs. Mary Grant

==Membership== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" |- | colspan=6 bgcolor=ccccff |

=== PNDC Members === |- ! width=250 | Position ! width=300 | Name ! width=120 | From ! width=120 | To ! width=300 | Notes |- |Head of state of Ghana and Chairman || Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings || December 1981 || January 1993 || |- |Chief of the Defence Staff || Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah<ref name=nrc>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghana.gov.gh/NRC/Vol%204%20Chpt%201%20com.sec.rep.pdf |title=The Security Services |accessdate=18 December 2021 |work=National Reconciliation Commission report |date=October 2004 |pages=52 |publisher=Ghana government |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016012351/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/NRC/Vol%204%20Chpt%201%20com.sec.rep.pdf |archivedate=October 16, 2006 }}</ref> || January 1982 || November 1982 || Reappointed Chief of Defence Staff from Jan 1982 to Nov 1982 |- |Member || Vincent Kwabena Damuah<ref name="damuah">{{cite journal |title=Tempo of revolution has not changed - Damuah |journal=Ghana News |date=June 1982 |volume=11 |issue=6 |page=6 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC}}</ref> || January 1982 || 1982 || Catholic priest |- |Member || Warrant Officer I Joseph Adjei Buadi<ref name="buadi">{{cite journal |title=Currency won't be demonitized |journal=Ghana News |date=June 1982 |volume=11 |issue=6 |page=1 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC}}</ref> || January 1982 || December 1984<ref name="ray">{{cite book |last1=Ray |first1=Donald I. |title=Ghana, Politics, Economics and Society |date=1986 |publisher=Columbia University Pr |isbn=978-0931477621 |pages=31–34}}</ref> || Coordinator for the Armed Forces Defence Committees<ref name="akonnor">{{cite book |last1=Akonor |first1=Kwame |title=Africa and IMF conditionality : the unevenness of compliance, 1983-2000 |date=2006 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-0415979474 |url=https://silo.pub/africa-and-imf-conditionality-the-unevenness-of-compliance-1983-2000-african-studies-history-politics-economics-and-culture.html |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> |- |Member || Sergeant Daniel Alolga Akata Pore || January 1982 || 1982 ||Secretary Armed Forces Defence Committee<ref name="akonnor"/><ref name="Refworld">{{cite web |author1=Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |title=Ghana: Information on a group called "June Fourth Movement (JFM)" |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad1e0.html |website=Refworld |publisher=Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |access-date=19 December 2021 |ref=GHA8974 |language=en |date=1 June 1991}}</ref> |- |Member || Joachim Amartey Quaye || January 1982 || August 1982 || Union leader |- |Member || Chris Bukari Atim || January 1982 || 1982 || General Secretary of the June Fourth Movement, Former First national vice president of the National Union of Ghana Students<ref name="Refworld"/> |- |Member || Aanaa Naamua Enin<ref name="gn-15-5-2">{{cite journal |title=PNDC Members |journal=Ghana News |date=May 1986 |volume=15 |issue=5 |page=2|publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC}}</ref> || August 1982<ref name="obedasamoah"/><ref name="ennin">{{cite journal |title=Algeria ready with oil aid |journal=Ghana News |date=January 1983 |volume=12 |issue=1 |page=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&dq=anaa+enin&pg=RA37-PA11 |access-date=27 September 2021 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC}}</ref> || December 1989 || |- |Member || Ebo Tawiah<ref name="gn-15-5-2"/> || August 1982<ref name="obedasamoah"/> || ? || Trade Union leader |- |Member || Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu<ref name="gn15-8-1">{{cite journal |title=Staff College marks 10th year |journal=Ghana News |date=1986 |volume=15 |issue=8 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ls_AQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Staff+College+marks+10th+year%22&pg=RA6-PA1 |access-date=1 December 2021 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington D C |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gn-15-5-2"/> || October 1984 || January 1993 || Politician and businessman |- |Member || Captain Kojo Tsikata<ref name="gn-15-5-2"/> || July 1985 || January 1993 || National Security and Foreign Affairs, Retired soldier |- |Chairman of Committee of Secretaries || Paul Victor Obeng<ref name="gn-15-5-2"/> || July 1985 || January 1993 || Former student leader and Mechanical Engineer |- |Member || Lieutenant General Arnold Quainoo<ref name="gn-15-5-2"/> || 1982 || January 1993 || Chief of Defence Staff from 1983 to 1999 |- |Member || Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri || 1983<ref name="pndcmember">{{cite journal |title=New PNDC Member |journal=Ghana News |date=January 1983 |volume=12 |issue=1 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&dq=anaa+enin&pg=RA37-PA11 |access-date=27 September 2021 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |language=en}}</ref> || 1984 || Nandom Naa Died in office |- |Member and Chairman of the National Commission for Democracy || Justice Daniel Francis Annan<ref name="gn-15-5-2"/> || 1984 || January 1993 || Retired Appeals Court Judge |- |Member || Susanna Al-Hassan || 1985 || 1987 || Ghana's first female minister in 1961 and author |- |Member || Maj. Gen. Winston C. M. Mensa-Wood<ref name="gn-15-5-2"/> || 1987 || 1992 || Chief of the Defence Staff, 1990 - 1992 Died in office March 1992 |- |Member || Mary Grant || 1989 || January 1993 || Medical doctor |- |Member || Air Vice Marshal A. H. K. Dumashie || 1992 || January 1993 || Chief of Air Staff until 1992 Chief of Defence Staff from March 1992. |- |}

== Secretaries == The officials in charge of the various ministries were designated as Secretaries of state.

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=== List of secretaries (ministers) of state === |- ! width=250 | Portfolio ! width=300 | Secretary ! width=120 | From ! width=120 | To ! width=300 | Notes |- |Chairman of Committee of Secretaries || Paul Victor Obeng || 1982 || 1993 || |- |Secretary for Foreign Affairs || Obed Asamoah<ref name="civilians"/><ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || January 1982 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=7|Secretary for the Interior || Johnny F. S. Hansen<ref name="civilians"/><ref name=Page3>{{cite web|title=Past Ministers (3)|url=http://www.mint.gov.gh/ministers%20p3.htm|website=Official website|publisher=Ministry of Interior, Ghana|access-date=14 August 2014|archive-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120100104/http://www.mint.gov.gh/ministers%20p3.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> || January 1982 || Apr 1982 || |- | J. M. Ewa<ref name=Page3/> || Apr 1982 || Dec 1982 || |- | Kofi Djin<ref name=Page3/> || Dec 1982 || Nov 1985 || |- | Major General Winston Mensa-Wood<ref name=Page2>{{cite web|title=Past Ministers (2)|url=http://www.mint.gov.gh/ministers%20p2.htm|website=Official website|publisher=Ministry of Interior, Ghana|access-date=14 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119204102/http://www.mint.gov.gh/ministers%20p2.htm|archive-date=19 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || Nov 1985 || Oct 1987 || |- | Nii Okaidja Adamafio<ref name=Page2/> || Oct 1987 || May 1991 || |- | Nana Akuoko Sarpong<ref name=Page2/> || May 1991 || Mar 1992 || |- | Colonel E. M. Osei-Wusu<ref name=Page2/> || Mar 1992 || Jan 1993 || |- | Secretary for Finance || Kwesi Botchwey<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries">{{cite journal |title=PNDC Secretaries |journal=Ghana News |date=May 1986 |volume=15 |issue=5 |page=2 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington D C}}</ref> || 1982 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=3| Secretary for Defence || Naa Polku Konkuu Chirii<ref name="mod">{{cite web |title=MINISTER FOR DEFENCE |url=http://mod.gov.gh/mod/index.php/minister-for-defence/ |website=www.mod.gov.gh |publisher=Ghana Government |access-date=19 March 2020 |archive-date=19 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319225009/http://mod.gov.gh/mod/index.php/minister-for-defence/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 1982 || Nov 1983 || |- | Rear Admiral C. K. Dzang<ref name="mod"/> ||22 Nov 1983 || 1985 || |- | Mahama Iddrisu<ref name="mod"/><ref name="gn15-8-1"/> || 1985 || 6 Jan 1993 || |- |rowspan=2| Attorney General and Secretary for Justice || G. E. K. Aikins<ref name="civilians"/><ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || January 1982 || 1992 || |- | E.G. Tanoh|| 1992 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=6| Secretary for Education and Culture || Christina Ama Ata Aidoo<ref name="civilians"/> || January 1982 || 1983 || |- | V. C. Dadson<ref name="pndcchanges">{{cite journal |title=PNDC makes 6 cabinet changes |journal=Ghana News |date=June 1983 |volume=12 |issue=6 |page=6 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC}}</ref> || 1983 || ? || |- | Joyce Aryee<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || 1985 || 1987 || |- | Mohammed Ben Abdallah<ref name="gn15-8">{{cite journal |title=Changes in Designation of Ministries and Assignment of Portfolios |journal=Ghana News |date=September 1986 |volume=15 |issue=8 |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ls_AQAAIAAJ&dq=%22D.+S.+Boateng%22+pndc+ghana&pg=RA6-PA14 |access-date=1 December 2021 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington D C |language=en}}</ref> || 1986 || 1987 || |- | K. B. Asante || 1988 || 1989 || |- | Mary Grant || 1989 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=5|Secretary for Agriculture<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mofa.gov.gh/site/?page_id=6713 |title=Former Heads of MoFA |access-date=7 August 2012 |work=Official website |publisher=Ministry of Food and Agriculture}}</ref> || Eugene Bortei-Doku<ref name="civilians"/><ref name="fao">{{cite book |title=1984 Training for Agriculture and Rural Development |date=1985 |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |location=Rome |isbn=978-92-5-102139-2 |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vkyVbMyrIYMC&dq=Bortei+Doku+agriculture&pg=PA87 |access-date=31 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> || January 1982 || Dec 1983 || |- | John Akparibo Ndebugre|| 1984 || 1985 || |- | Isaac Adjei-Marfo<ref name="gn-15-5-7">{{cite journal |title=Ghana To Receive $15 Grant From IFAD |journal=Ghana News |date=May 1986 |volume=15 |issue=5 |page=7 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington D C}}</ref> || 1985 || 1986 || |- | Stephen Obimpeh<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || 1986 || 1992 || |- | Ibrahim Adam || 1992 || 1993 || |- |Secretary for Cocoa Affairs || Isaac Adjei-Marfo|| ? || ? || |- |rowspan=2| Secretary for Chieftaincy Affairs || E.G. Tanoh|| 1987 || 1992 || |- | Nana Akuoko Sarpong || 1992 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=3 | Secretary for Trade Secretary for Trade and Tourism || K. B. Asante<ref name="civilians"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Tawiah |first1=Kofi Owusu |title=K.B. Asante, the patriot, diplomat and writer |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/K-B-Asante-the-patriot-diplomat-and-writer-621167 |website=Ghanweb.com |date=27 January 2018 |publisher=GhanaWeb |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref> ||January 1982 || 1986 || |- | Kofi Djin<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || 1986 || 1992 || |- | John Bawa|| 1992 || 1993 || |- | rowspan=2| Secretary for Culture and Tourism || Asiedu Yirenkyi<ref name="civilians"/> || January 1982 || 1984 || |- | Mohammed Ben Abdallah<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || ? || 1986 || |- |rowspan=6 |Secretary for Local Government and Rural Development || John Agyekum Kufuor<ref name="civilians"/> || January 1982 || 1982 || |- | Kwame Dwemoh-Kesse<ref name="pndcchanges"/> || 1983 || ? || |- | William H. Yeboah|| 1986 || ? || |- | Kofi Acquaah Harrison<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || {{circa|1986}} || ? || |- | Joyce Aryee<ref name="gn15-8"/> || 1986 || 1988 || |- | Kwamena Ahwoi || ? || ? || |- | rowspan=2| Secretary for Rural Development and Co-operatives || Kofi Ankomah<ref name="civilians"/> || January 1982 || 1982 || |- | Kofi Acquaah Harrison<ref name="gn15-8"/> || 1982 || 1986 || |- |rowspan=2|Secretary for Fuel and Power || E. Appiah Korang<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || January 1982<ref name="civilians">{{cite journal |title=Civilians appointed to fill cabinet posts |journal=Ghana News |date=January 1982 |volume=11 |issue=1 |page=3 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC}}</ref> || 1987 || |- | Ato Ahwoi || 1987 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=4| Secretary for Transport and Communications || Mahama Iddrisu<ref name="civilians"/> || January 1982 || 1986 || |- | Kwame M. Peprah<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || 1986 || 1987 || |- | Yaw Donkor|| 1987 || 1992 || |- | Kwame M. Peprah || 1992 || 1993 || |- | rowspan="4" |Secretary for Roads and Highways |Dr. E. G. A. Don-Arthur |1982 |1983 | |- | Yaw E. O. Donkor<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries" /> || 1983 || 1987 || |- | Mensah Gbedemah|| 1987 || 1992 || |- | Richard Commey|| 1992 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=4 | Secretary for Lands and Natural Resources || Kwesi Renner|| 1983 || 1986 || |- | George Adamu<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || 1986 || 1987 || |- | Kwame Peprah || 1987 || 1992 || |- | J. A. Dansoh|| 1992 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=4 | Secretary for Industry, Science and Technology || Kaku Kyiamah<ref name="civilians"/> || January 1982 || 1983<ref name=dake_end/> || |- | G. B. Opoku<ref name=dake_end/> || 1983 || 1986 || |- | Francis Acquah<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || 1986 || 1992 || |- | K. A. Butah|| 1992 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=3 |Secretary for Information || Ato Austin<ref name="civilians"/><ref name="austin">{{cite journal |title=There's need for ideo. direction |journal=Ghana News |date=June 1982 |volume=11 |issue=6 |page=5 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC}}</ref> || January 1982 || 1983 || |- | Joyce Aryee || 1983 || 1985 || |- | Kofi Totobi Quakyi<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || 1985 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=5| Secretary for Health || Charles Buadu|| 1983 || 1986 || |- | E. G. Tanoh<ref>{{cite journal |title=Ghana In Favour Of National Health Insurance Scheme |journal=Ghana News |date=May 1986 |volume=15 |issue=5 |page=7 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington D C}}</ref> || {{circa|1986}} || ? || |- | Air Commodore F. W. Klutse<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || 1986 || 1988 || |- | Nana Akuoko Sarpong || 1988 || 1991 || |- | Stephen Obimpeh|| 1992 || 1993 || |- |rowspan=6| Secretary for Labour and Social Welfare Secretary for Mobilization and Productivity || Adisa Munkaila|| 1982 || 1983|| |- | Ato Austin<ref name="pndcchanges"/> || 1983 || 1986 || |- | W. H. Yeboah<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || 1986 || 1987 || |- | Huudu Yahaya<ref>{{cite journal |editor1-last=Clegg |editor1-first=Sam |title=Yahaya attends ILO confab |journal=Daily Graphic |date=29 November 1988 |issue=11830 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YttmAAAAcAAJ&dq=huudu+yahaya+trade+%22ghana+news%22&pg=PA16 |access-date=2 December 2021 |publisher=Graphic Communications Group Ltd |location=Accra |language=en}}</ref> || {{circa|1988}} || ? || |- | George Adamu|| ? || 1992 || |- | D. S. Boateng || 1992 || 1993 || |- | rowspan="6" |Secretary for Works and Housing |Dr. E. G. A. Don-Arthur |1983 | | |- | Mawuse Dake<ref name="civilians" /><ref name="dake">{{cite journal |title=PNDC will provide houses for all |journal=Ghana News |date=June 1982 |volume=11 |issue=6 |page=8 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC}}</ref> || January 1982 || 1983<ref name="dake_end">{{cite journal |title=More changes announced |journal=Ghana News |date=1979 |volume=12 |issue=3 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&dq=%22mawuse+dake%22&pg=RA26-PA9 |access-date=19 December 2021 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC |language=en}}</ref> || |- | Alhassan Abubakar<ref name="pndcchanges"/> || 1983 || ? || |- | Kofi Sam<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || {{circa|1986}} || ? || |- | Emmanuel Appiah Korang|| || || |- | Kenneth Ampratwum|| || || |- |Secretary Responsible For International Economic Cooperation |Dr. E. G. A. Don-Arthur |1986 |1990 | |- |rowspan=5 | Secretary for Youth and Sports || Zaya Yeebo<ref name="civilians"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Today in history: Ghana won its fourth AFCON title |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Today-in-history-Ghana-won-its-fourth-AFCON-title-635940 |website=Ghanaweb.com |date=19 March 2018 |publisher=GhanaWeb |access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref> || January 1982 || 1983 || |- | Amarkai Amarteifio || 1983 ||1986 || |- | Ato Austin<ref name="gn-15-8-5-secretaries"/> || 1986 || 1988 || |- | Kwame Saarah-Mensah<ref name="swag">{{Cite news |last1=Danquah |first1=Magnus Rex |title=Agenda for Ghana sports (2021 – 2024): Matters arising |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/features/opinion/agenda-for-ghana-sports-2021-2024-matters-arising.html |location=Accra, Ghana|newspaper=Daily Graphic|access-date=1 April 2025|language=en-gb |date=7 January 2021}}</ref> || 1988 || 1992 || |- | Arnold Quainoo || 1992 || 1993 || |- | National Defence Committee || Mawuse Dake<ref name="pndcchanges"/> || 1983 || ? || |- | PDCs and WDCs || Akrasi-Sarpong<ref name="pndcchanges"/> || {{circa|1983}} || ? || |- ! colspan=5 |Regional Secretaries |- | rowspan=3 | Ashanti Regional Secretary || J. Y. Ansah || ? || ? || |- | F. A. Jantuah<ref name="pndcchanges"/> || 1983 || ? || |- | Colonel Osei Owusu<ref name="gn-15-5-2-regional"/> || {{circa|1986}} || || |- | rowspan=4 | Brong Ahafo Region || K. Saarah-Mensah<ref name="civilians"/> || January 1982 || 1982 || |- | J. H. Owusu Acheampong || 1982 || ? || |- | C. S. Takyi<ref name="pndcchanges"/> || 1983 || ? || |- | Colonel Alex Antwi<ref name="gn-15-5-2-regional"/> || {{circa|1986}} || || |- | rowspan=4 | Central Regional Secretary|| Dr. E. G. A. Don-Arthur|| 1986|| |- | E. G. Tanoh<ref name="pndcchanges"/> || 1983 || ? || |- | Ato Austin|| 1988 || 1993 || |- | Lt. Colonel E. A. Baidoo<ref name="gn-15-5-2-regional"/> || {{circa|1986}} || || |- | rowspan=3| Eastern Regional Secretary || Fred Ohene-Kena || 1982 || ? || |- | Daniel O. Agyekum<ref name="gn15-8"/><ref name="gn-15-5-2-regional"/> || ? || 1986 || |- | Kofi Acquaah Harrison<ref name="gn15-8"/> || 1986 || ? || |- | rowspan=7| Greater Accra Regional Secretary || Atukwei Okai<ref name="civilians"/><ref name="atukweiokai">{{cite journal |title=World Statesment (sic) are honoured |journal=Ghana News |date=June 1982 |volume=11 |issue=6 |page=3 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC}}</ref> || January 1982 || 1982 || |- | Nii Abeo Kyerekuandah<ref name="pndcchanges"/> || 1983 || ? || |- | Nii Okaidja Adamafio || 1982 || ? || |- | Colonel W. A. Thompson || 1985 || 1986 || |- | Selina Taylor<ref name="gn15-8-1"/><ref name="gn-15-5-2-regional"/> || {{circa|1986}} || || |- | Colonel W. A. Thompson || 1988 || 1991 || |- | Nii Okaidja Adamafio || 1991 || ? || |- | rowspan=2| Northern Regional Secretary || Thomas Ibrahim || 1982 || ? || |- | D. S. Zachariah<ref name="gn-15-5-2-regional"/> || {{circa|1986}} || || |- | rowspan=2| Upper East Region || Kundab Mobilla || 1982 || ? || |- | J. E. Sakyi<ref name="gn-15-5-2-regional"/> || {{circa|1986}} || || |- | rowspan=2| Upper West Region || Yelibora Antumini || 1982 || 1983 || |- | Joseph Yieleh Chireh<ref name="dake_end"/> || 1983 || ? || |- | rowspan=3| Volta Regional Secretary || Francis Agbley || 1982 || ? || |- | Yao Fiagbe<ref name="fiagbe">{{cite journal |title=Fiscal Year Changes |journal=Ghana News |date=June 1982 |volume=11 |issue=6 |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&dq=%22mawuse+dake%22&pg=RA26-PA9 |access-date=16 December 2021 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC |language=en}}</ref> || {{circa|1982}} || || |- | Richard Seglah<ref name="gn-15-5-2-regional"/> || {{circa|1986}} || || |- | rowspan=3| Western Region || J. R. E. Amenlema || 1982 || ? || |- | Dr. E. G. A. Don-Arthur<ref name="pndcchanges"/> || 1983 ||1986 || |- | Colonel W. A. Thompson<ref name="gn-15-5-2-regional">{{cite journal |title=PNDC Regional Secretaries |journal=Ghana News |date=May 1986 |volume=15 |issue=5 |page=2 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington D C}}</ref> || 1986 || 1988 || |- |}

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