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Hon.
F. Owusu Adjapong MP, Akim Swedru
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Minister For Parliamentary Affairs
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. F.K. Owusu-Adjapong,
who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akyem Swedru, was educated at the
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi.
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He came out in 1970 with a degree in Land Economy
and then proceeded to the Boucentrum Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands,
where he obtained a diploma in Housing, Planning and Building. He
took his Master of Science degree in Urban Land Appraisal at the University
of Reading, England.
He passed the Qualifying Certificate in Law and
became a professional lawyer after a stint at the Ghana School of
Law. Between January and March 1977, he attended the Second Course
in Planning and Management at the Ghana Institute of Management and
Public Administration, Achimota.
His experience with the Public and Civil Service
dates back to 1970 when he was appointed as an Estate Officer of the
Tema Development Corporation. He was also the Chief Estate Manager
at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) between
1975 and 1980.
He has also served as a member of a number of organisations
in the country. These include representative of the Ghana Institute
of Surveyors at the 1979 Constituent Assembly, Member of the Complaints
Committee of the Press Commission in the Third Republic, Representative,
Ghana Institute of Surveyors on the International Assets Valuation
Standards Committee.
He was the leader of Ghana’s Delegation to
the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy General
Assembly and Symposium, London, United Kingdom, and Member of the
Non-Performing Assets Recovery Tribunal.
Mr Adjapong was appointed Minister for Transport
& Communication in Feb. 2001. In 2002, he was made Minister for
Communication & Technology, and appointed Minister for Parliamentary
Affairs in March 2003 and retained in 2005. He is currently the standing-in Minister for Transportation after the resignation of the then Minister, Dr. Annane
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