Edward Kofi Omane Boamah is a Ghanaian Politician who served as 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 (formerly St John's Seminary and College, nicknamed POJOSS), is an all-boys boarding school, located at Effiduase, Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It was established in 1958 by Bishop ...

Koforidua Koforidua, also popularly known as K-dua or Kofcity, is a city and the capital of Eastern Region in southern Ghana. Koforidua was founded in 1875 by migrants from Ashanti. It is also called New Juaben. The city has a settlement city proper popu ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. He is an alumnus of the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

Medical School, where he trained as a

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. He did a stint at the

Washington University School of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) is the medical school of Washington University in St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1891, the School of Medicine has 1,260 students, 604 of which are pursuing a medical degree with or ...

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 students’ body as the: 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 Kludze, ...

(NUGS) and the Coordinating Secretary of th
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 th
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 Kosmos Energy is an American upstream oil company founded and based in Dallas, Texas. While previously incorporated in Bermuda, Kosmos has reincorporated in Delaware. The company holds production and development operations offshore Ghana, Equato ...

in the Jubilee Offshore Field – West Cape Three Points in Ghana and the spillage of

sodium cyanide Sodium cyanide is a poisonous compound with the formula Na C N. 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 exploits its hi ...

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 served as President of Ghana from 24 July 2012 to 7 January 2017. He previously served as Vice President of Ghana from January 2009 to July 2012, and took office as presi ...

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 served as President of Ghana from 24 July 2012 to 7 January 2017. He previously served as Vice President of Ghana from January 2009 to July 2012, and took office as presi ...

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 also served as a Member of the Board of Ghana AIDS Commission from 2014 to 2016.

Medical career

He also 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 practise at Afrah International Hospital after his party, the National Democratic Congress, lost the 2016 general electio

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

in the Jubilee Offshore Field – West Cape Three Points in Ghana and the spillage of Sodium cyanide, Sodium Cyanide 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) Government ministers of Ghana National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians University of Ghana alumni 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