President John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, inaugurated the 9th Council of State of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
Article 89 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana provides for the creation of a Council of State, whose role is to “counsel the president in the performance of his functions.”
The article also specifies the composition of the Council of State with 14 appointees of the president including the President of the National House of Chiefs, and one elected regional representative from each region of the country. In all there are 31 members of the Council.
Among the 14 appointees, there must be a former Chief Justice, a former Chief of Defence Staff of the Armed Forces of Ghana, and a former Inspector-General of Police (IGP).
At Iqra Today, we look at the brief profiles of Muslims who are serving on the 9th Council of State:
1. Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) – Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan
Former IGP Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan was appointed by President Mahama to fulfill the constitutional requirement of a former Inspector-General of Police on the Council of State.
COP (Rtd) Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan served in the Ghana Police Service for several decades. He was appointed IGP during Mahama’s first administration in 2013.
In 2005, Alhassan was appointed as Police Commissioner for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
2. Alhaji Muhammed Mumuni – Northern Region:
Alhaji Muhammed Mumuni, a former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, was elected as the Council of State representative for the Northern Region.
Alhaji Muhammed Mumuni, a leading member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), is also a former Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He was the running mate of the late former President Prof John Evans Atta Mills in the 2004 presidential election.
3. Tingawura Alhaji Samson Seidu Abudu – Savannah Region:
In the Savannah Region, Tingawura Alhaji Samson Seidu Abudu was elected as the region’s Council of State representative.
Tingawura Alhaji Samson Seidu Abudu is the chief of Tinga. He is also the Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Council of Elders in the Savannah Region.
4. Hakeem Addae – Central Region:
Another executive of the ruling NDC won the Council of State election for the Central Region.
The NDC constituency chairman for the Twifo Atti Morkwa Constituency, Hakeem Addae, was elected as the Council of State Member to represent the Central Region.
Below are other nominated appointees by the president
1. Edward Doe Adjaho – The Former Speaker of Parliament was appointed to the Council of State and has been elected as its Chairman.
2. Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo (Rtd)
3. Former Chief of Defence Staff – Michael Samson-Oje
4. President of the National House of Chiefs – Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II
5. Daasebre Boamah Darko II
6. Osabarima Kwesi Atta II
7. Justice Vida Amankwah Akoto-Bamfo
8. Mankpanwura Jakpa Achor-Ade Borenyi I
9. Cletus Avoka
10. Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah
11. Betty Mould-Iddrisu
12. Cynthia Komley Adjetey
13. Molly Anim Addo
14. Nana Saa Gyamfuaa II
Elected Regional Representatives on the Council of State:
1. Nene Drolor Bosso Adamtey – Greater Accra Region:
2. Naa Saaka Abuba – North East Region
3. Michael Kwame Mumuni – Upper West Region:
4. Gabriel Dovoe Kwabla Kwamigah-Atokple – Volta Region:
5. Richard Atikpo – Oti Region:
6. Evelyn Korang – Eastern Region:
7. Dr Maxwell Boakye – Western Region:
8. Odeneho Dr Afram Brempong III – Bono Region:
9. Nana Pimampim Yaw Kagbrese – Bono East Region:
10. Yaw Okyere – Ahafo Region:
11. Michael Aidoo – Western North Region:
12. Chiana Pio Thomas More Ditundini Adiali Ayagitam III – Upper East Region:
13. Yaw Owusu Obimpeh (Ashanti Region)