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Provisional National Defence Council
The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a coup d'état on 31 December 1981. He remained in power until 7 January 1993. In a statement, Rawlings said that a "holy war" was necessary due to the PNP's failure to provide effective leadership and the collapse of the national economy and state services. The PNDC was a military dictatorship that induced civilians to participate in governance. Most of its members were civilians. Its policies reflected a revolutionary government that was pragmatic in its approach. The economic objectives of the PNDC were to halt Ghana's economic decay, stabilize the economy, and stimulate economic growth. The PNDC also brought a change in the people's attitude from a 'government will provide' position to participating in nation-building. The PNDC provided a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to the east. Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse ecologies, from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 35 million inhabitants, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa. The capital and largest city is Accra; other significant cities include Tema, Kumasi, Sunyani, Ho, Cape Coast, Techiman, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The earliest kingdoms to emerge in Ghana were Bonoman in the south and the Kingdom of Dagbon in the north, with Bonoman existing in the area during the 11th century. The Asante Empire and other Akan kingdoms in the south emerged over the centuries. Beginning in the 15th century, the Portuguese Empire, followed by other European powers, contested the area for trading r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achilles Dumashie
Air Marshal Achilles Harry Kwami Dumashie (4 June 1938 - 20 December 2002), often known as Harry Dumashie, was a Ghanaian soldier. He served as Chief of Air Staff and as Ghanaian Chief of Defence Staff from 1992 to 1996. Early life and education Dumashie was born at Dzelukope in the Volta Region of Ghana. His secondary school education was at Mawuli School at Ho which he attended between 1955 and 1959. He proceeded to the Ghana Military Academy where he received his military training. He also trained as a pilot at the Pilot Training School at the Accra Air Force Station. Career and politics He received his commission into the Ghana Armed Forces on 30 September 1961. He joined the Ghana Air Force, rising through the ranks to become the Chief of Air Staff in June 1988. Following the death of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Major General Winston Mensa-Wood in March 1992, Dumashie was appointed as his replacement on 22 March 1992. He also succeeded him as a member of the Prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston Mensa-Wood
Lieutenant General Winston Mensa-Wood was a former Ghanaian military officer and served as the twenty-third Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from June 1990 to March 1992. He took over from Lieutenant General Arnold Quainoo but died in office. He was replaced by Air Marshal Achilles Harry Kwami Dumashie. Prior to that, he was Chief of Army Staff from 1987 to 1990. Early life and education Mensa-Wood was born at Cape Coast in the then Gold Coast, now Ghana. His secondary education was at the Ghana National College where he completed his West African Schools Certificate Examination in 1961. Career He enlisted in the Ghana Army in 1961. After returning from the V. I. Lenin Military-Political Academy in October 1962, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He entered the Ghana Military Academy in 1963, passing out on 30 March 1964 as full lieutenant. He attended a Royal Engineers officers course at Chatham-Kent in the United Kingdom. He was commissioned Capta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Quainoo
Lieutenant General Arnold Quainoo was a Ghanaian former military officer and served as the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from August 1983 to September 1989. He took over from Flight Lieutenant J. J. Rawlings and handed over to Lieutenant General Winston Mensa-Wood. He was also the first commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) which intervened in Liberia to help end the civil war. He also served twice as Army Commander, first in 1979 following the coup-d'état by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council which overthrew the Supreme Military Council. He was replaced when the Limann government was elected. He was however re-appointed as Chief of Army Staff following the coup by the Provisional National Defence Council and later as General Officer Commanding the Ghana Armed Forces. In 2014, Quainoo denied any responsibility for the death of Liberian President Samuel Doe. Quainoo died at the 37 Military Hospital in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Victor Obeng
Paul Victor Obeng KSG also known as P. V. Obeng (19 August 1947 – 17 May 2014) was a Ghanaian mechanical engineer and politician. He was the chairman of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology council. In 2010, he was appointed by the President John Atta Mills administration as Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). Until his death, he was the Senior Presidential Adviser at Presidency to President John Dramani Mahama. He served under President's Jerry John Rawlings, John Evans Atta Mills and John Dramani Mahama in different capacities. He was a member and coordinating secretary and chairman of the Committee of Secretaries of the Provisional National Defence Council. He died on 17 May 2014. Early life and education Paul Victor Obeng was born on 19 August 1949 to James Obeng and Mary Obeng. A member of the Akan ethnic group he hailed from the town of Akrokerri in the Adansi North district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He started his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kojo Tsikata
Kojo Tsikata (4 May 1936 – 20 November 2021) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician, who served as the Head of National Security and Foreign Affairs of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC). He was listed as a retired army captain in the Ghana Army. Early life and education Tsikata was born in 1936. He attended Achimota School for his secondary education. One of his student colleagues was Obed Asamoah who later became the longest serving Minister for Foreign Affairs in Ghana. While there, he was influenced by a recruitment drive to join the Ghana Army after completing his secondary education. He was sent to England where he attended the officer cadet course at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Biography Tsikata was very keen on the pan-African ideas of Kwame Nkrumah and others. Together with Obed Asamoah, they were ready to go fight in the Algerian war of independence but were dissuaded by Frantz Fanon who was the representative of the Algerian governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahama Iddrisu
Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu is a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council and a former Minister for Defence. He is a founding member of the National Democratic Congress. He is the longest-serving Minister of Defence of Ghana, serving from 1985 to 1999, for 14 years. Early life and education Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu is a native of Wa, the capital town of the Upper West Region of Ghana. He had his secondary school education at Tamale Secondary School, in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana. Politics Iddrisu was a member of the United National Convention and later also of the All People's Party. He later joined Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) under the leadership of Jerry John Rawlings who served as the chairman and head of state. Under the PNDC, Iddrisu was the Secretary of Transport and Communications from 1983 to 1987. He also served as the Secretary of Defence from 1985 to 1993 when the council was dissolved. Minister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Francis Annan
Justice Daniel Francis Kweipe Annan (November 7, 1928 – July 16, 2006) was a Ghanaian politician and judge. He served as Speaker of the 1st & 2nd parliaments of Ghana's Fourth Republic from 1993 to 2001. He was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council which governed Ghana prior the Fourth Republic from 1985 to 1992, and was Chairman of the National Commission for Democracy within this period. Prior to joining the executive arm of government in 1985, he had been a judge of the Ghanaian Court of Appeal. Early life Daniel Annan was born in Accra on 7 November 1928. His father, Victor Benjamin Annan was a merchant and treasurer of the Accra branch of the United Gold Coast Convention and his mother was named Mary Nyaniba Annan. Annan's maternal great-grandfather was the King of Gã State (known locally as Gã Maŋtsɛ) ''Tackie Tawia I of Accra'', who reigned from 1862 to 1902. Annan started his education at the primary section of King's College, Lagos, receiving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri
Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri was a Ghanaian teacher, traditional leader and politician. He served as a member of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) military government. Politics Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri was appointed as a PNDC member in 1982. He was one of many chiefs to be given political positions under the PNDC. He was later also made the Secretary for Defence between 1982 and 1983. Nandom-Na Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri was the chief or traditional leader of the people of Nandom. His official title was the Nandom-Na. He remained in this capacity until his death in August 1984. He succeeded Naa C. P. Imoru who died in December 1957. His successor was Naa Poure Puobe Chiir VII. Occupation Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri in civil life was an Agricultural Specialist Teacher prior to going into politics. Death Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri died on 25 August 1984 at the age of 60 years in Accra after a short illness. His body was laid in state at the Kwame Nkrumah Conference Centre in Accr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebo Tawiah
Ebo Tawiah is a Ghanaian unionist and politician. He was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) military government led by Jerry Rawlings which ruled Ghana after the overthrow of the Limann government. Unionist Prior to his involvement in politics, Tawiah was a Trade Unionist. In 2019, Tawiah was honoured post-humously along with Jerry Rawlings and others with an award by the Ghana Mineworkers Union's during their 75th Anniversary celebrations. Politics Tawiah was a member of the Socialist Forum of Ghana. He was also an activist of the Convention People's Party led by Kwame Nkrumah and campaigned for the banned party to be reinstated. Tawiah was appointed to the PNDC in August 1982 along with Aanaa Enin, this was following the resignations of Reverend Father Damuah and Amartey Quaye. During the PNDC era, Paul Collins Appiah Ofori who later became MP for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa claimed that he had been wrongfully detained under the military regime and Tawi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aanaa Enin
Aanaa Naamua Enin is a Ghanaian politician and diplomat. She was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) military government of Ghana. She has also served as Ghana's ambassador to the Netherlands. Politics Aanaa Enin was made a member of the military PNDC government in 1983. The PNDC was formed following the overthrow of the Limann government in December 1981 by a military coup d'état led by Jerry Rawlings who became the Head of state of Ghana This is a list of the heads of state of Ghana, from the independence of Ghana in 1957 to the present day. From 1957 to 1960 the head of state under the Constitution of 1957 was the queen of Ghana, Elizabeth II, who was also the monarch of oth .... She served in this capacity until 1989. In 2019, she was appointed to the Complaints Committee of the NDC. Diplomatic service Enin served as Ghana's ambassador to the Netherlands during the rule of John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
