The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has gotten its new board sworn into office by the Minister for Finance, Hon. Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson.
The 13-member Board of Directors was inaugurated on May 19, 2025 at the premises of the Ministry for Finance.
Per iQRAToday.com’s tracking two prominent Muslims were listed as members of the Board which is chaired by Mr. Kojo Fynn.
The two Muslims are incidentally both lawyers and would both serve as members of the board. They are Hon. Shaibu Mahama – MP for Daboya/Mankarigu, and Dr. Abdul Baasit Aziz-Bamba – Senior Lecturer, UG School of Law.
Finance Minister in his remarks described the body as a strategic vehicle for achieving effective currency management and bolstering the country’s economic resilience.
Members of the Ghana Gold Board:
1. Mr. Kojo Fynn – Chairperson
2. Mr. Samuel Gyamfi – Ag. CEO of the Gold Board / Member
3. Hon. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah – MP, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources / Member
4. Hon. Thomas Nyarko Ampem – MP, Deputy Minister for Finance / Member
5. Dr. Johnson Asiama – Governor, Bank of Ghana / Member
6. Mr. Nelson Ahedor – Representative, Minerals Commission / Member
7. Mr. Christopher Opoku Nyarko – Representative, Ghana Chamber of Mines / Member
8. Mr. Godwin Nichelson Armah – Representative, Ghana Small Scale Miners Association / Member
9. Mr. Kwaku Effah Asuahene – Representative, Chamber of Bullion Traders / Member
10. Hon. Shaibu Mahama – MP for Daboya/Mankarigu, President’s Nominee / Member
11. Dr. Abdul Baasit Aziz-Bamba – Senior Lecturer, UG School of Law, President’s Nominee / Member
12. Ms. Marrietta Brew Appiah-Oppong – Legal Counsel to the President, President’s Nominee / Member
13. Nana Ama Amissah III – Paramount Queen Mother, Mankessim Traditional Area, President’s Nominee / Member