Salary of Ministers in Ghana

Ministers are politicians who are in charge of various ministries in a country. Ministers make and implement polices.

They also make decision on policies together with other ministries.

Currently in Ghana, the president; His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo-Addo appointed 37 ministers for various ministries. Find in the below the various ministries and the ministers in charge.

 

Current Ministers in Ghana 

Minister	Ministry
Alan John Kyeremanteng	Trade
Albert Kan Dapaah	National Security
Ambrose Derry	Interior
Awal Mohammed	Business Development
Barbara Oteng Gyasi	Tourism, Culture and Creative Art
Cecilia Abena Dapaah	Sanitation and Water Resources
Cynthia Morrison	Gender, Children and Social Protection
Dan Kwaku Botwe	Regional Reorganization and Development
Dominic Nitiwul	Defence
Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei	Monitoring and Evaluation
Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh	Education
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto	Agriculture
Kenneth Ofori Atta	Finance
Elizabeth Afole Quaye	Fisheries and Aquaculture
Gloria Akuffo	Attorney General
Hajia Alima Mahama	Local Government
Ignatius Baffuor Awuah	Employment and Labour Relations
Isaac Kwame Asiamah	Youth and Sports
Joe Ghartey	Railways Development
John Peter Amewu	Energy
Kofi Dzamesi	Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs
Kofi Addah	Aviation
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah	Information
Kwaku Agyemang Manu	Health
Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh	Lands and Natural Resources
Kweku Ofori Asiamah	Transport
Kwesi Amoako-Atta	Roads and Highways
Mavis Hawa Koomson	Special Development Initiative
Mustapha Abdul-Hamid	Inner cities and Zongo Development
Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu	Parliamentary Affairs
Prof. George Gyan-Baffour	National Development Planning Commission
Prof George Yaw Gyan Baffour	Planning
Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng	Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
Samuel Atta Akyea	Works and Housing
Shirley Ayorko Botchway	Foreign Affairs
Ursula Owusu Ekuful	Communications
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.