Joseph Kofi Adda

Honourable Joseph Kofi Adda ( born April 22, 1956 Navrongo, Ghana ) was a Ghanaian Minister of Energy in the government of John Agyekum Kufuor until his release in March 2008. Adda is married and has two children. In addition to his ministerial position Adda is a member of the Ghanaian Parliament for the constituency of Navrongo Central since 2003.

Adda studied between 1979 and 1982 at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion College in the United States. Here he graduated summa cum laude in Economics and Political Science. Between 1982 and 1984, Adda was enrolled at Columbia University in New York and finished his studies with a Master in International Affairs, specializing in finance and banking. He also made ​​a certificate in African studies at Columbia. In France, at the Sorbonne, he studied French language and civilization.

Adda is in Parliament in Ghana Vice- Chairman of the Committee on privileges. He is also a member of the Finance Committee and in the Committees on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs for and the Committee for Trade, Industry and Tourism. In April 2006 he moved from the post of Minister of Labour in the the Minister of Energy, where he replaced Mike Oquaye. His term as Secretary of Energy was characterized on one hand by significant oil discoveries, on the other hand by a severe energy crisis, Ghana was Lord only due to the acquisition of emergency generators. From his post as energy minister, he was released on March 19, 2008. Suspected reasons are on the one hand lack of success as a minister, on the other hand, Nana Akufo its support for - Addo as the NPP candidate in the 2008 presidential election before the appointment of the Congress party. His successor, Felix Owusu- Adjapong.