Edward Kofi Omane Boamah is a Ghanaian politician who serves as the Minister of

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. He was previously the Minister for Communications and Spokesperson to the President of the Republic of Ghana. Omane Boamah is a member of the National Democratic Congress.

Education

He attended

Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (POJOSS) (formerly St. John's Seminary and College) is a Catholic all-boys day-boarding school located in Effiduase, Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Established in 1958 by Bishop Jo ...

Koforidua Koforidua, also popularly known as K.dua or Koftown and now Kofcity, is a city and the capital of Eastern Region, Ghana, Eastern Region of Ghana. The city has a population of 183,727 people as of 2010. The city is a blend of colonial and moder ...

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. He is an alumnus of the

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Medical School, where he trained as a

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. He briefly attended

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in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. In addition, he holds a master's degree in Health Policy Planning and Financing from both London School of Economics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. As a student, he served as a President of the

National Union of Ghana Students NUGS, officially The National Union of Ghana Students is the largest student organization in Ghana. However the date of it foundation has been the subject of controversy. The official Facebook page suggests 1964. However Professor Anselmus Kludz ...

(NUGS) and the Coordinating Secretary of the Federation of Ghana Medical Students Association (FGMSA).

Political career

Deputy Minister for Environment, Science and Technology

From 2009 to 2012, he served as a deputy minister for environment, science and technology and later National Democratic Congress's deputy campaign coordinator in the 2012 general elections. He also served as the vice chairman of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD). As a deputy minister for environment, science and technology, he chaired the committees which investigated the spillage of Low Toxicity Oil Based Mud (LTOBM) by KOSMOS Energy in the Jubilee Offshore Field – West Cape Three Points in Ghana and the spillage of

sodium cyanide Sodium cyanide is a compound with the formula Na C N and the structure . It is a white, water-soluble solid. Cyanide has a high affinity for metals, which leads to the high toxicity of this salt. Its main application, in gold mining, also expl ...

in a water body in Kenyase, Ghana, by Newmont Ghana Gold Limited. During his tenure the government invested in a nationwide tree planting address issues relating to global warming and excessive cutting down of trees which threatens the world.

Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports

Omane Boamah served as Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport in the administration of President John Evans Attah-Mills from 2012 to 2013.

Minister for Communications

He was appointed in February 2013 by

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John Mahama John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the 14th president of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC), he served as the 12th p ...

after the Ghanaian general election in December 2012, Spokesperson to the President of Ghana, H.E

John Dramani Mahama John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the 14th president of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC), he served as the 12th p ...

from August 2014 to January 2017. Prior to this appointments, he was assigned the responsibility of coordinatin
Ghana's participation in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON 2013).
As Minister for Communications, he was an advocate for the protection of children online. He responded to the growing cyber threats by setting up the National Computer Emergence Response Team and a National Committee on Child Online Protection to develop a national child online protection framework and usage of the internet. He served as a Member of the Board of Ghana AIDS Commission from 2014 to 2016.

Medical career

Boamah served as a member of the

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volunteers monitoring the 2004 Expanded Programme on Immunisation in the Asuagyaman District in the Eastern Region of Ghana and also a member of the Medical Rescue team for the " May 9, 2001 Stadium Disaster" in Ghana. He resumed his medical practice at Afrah International Hospital after his party, the National Democratic Congress, lost the 2016 general election.

Notable previous assignments

*Spokesperson to the President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E

. *Coordinator of Ghana's participation in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations "Government names Omane Boamah as Ghana's Coordinator of AFCON 2013"
www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020 *Chairman of Investigative Committees on the spillage of Low Toxicity Oil Based Mud (LTOBM) by KOSMOS Energy in the Jubilee Offshore Field – West Cape Three Points in Ghana and the spillage of

Sodium Cyanide Sodium cyanide is a compound with the formula Na C N and the structure . It is a white, water-soluble solid. Cyanide has a high affinity for metals, which leads to the high toxicity of this salt. Its main application, in gold mining, also expl ...

in a Water Body in Kenyase, Ghana, by Newmont Ghana Gold Limited.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boamah, Edward Omane Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Ministers for defence of Ghana National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians University of Ghana Medical School alumni Ghanaian medical doctors Alumni of the London School of Economics Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary alumni Alumni of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Washington University School of Medicine alumni