Deputy Minister of Transport and Member of Parliament for Gushegu Constituency, lawyer Hassan Tampuli has assured the people of the Northern Region that the finance minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam will continue to stay in the office, if the vice president and New Patriotic Patty’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia becomes the president of the country.
Lawyer Hassan Tampuli who is a closed associate of the minister made the remarks when he was speaking at NPP gathering in Aboabo, a suburb of Tamale Central Constituency during the visit of the Karaga MP to officially thank them on his appointment as finance minister by president Akufo-Addo.
“I am neither the president nor his vice. In fact, I am not the flagbearer. But, if Dr. Bawumia wins the 2024 elections to become president, Dr. Anta will continue to be our finance minister. It will remain here in Aboabo. So we need to thank the president, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo”, lawyer Hassan Tampuli said at the event.
“The country became independent in 1957. Since then nobody has ever become minister for finance from the Gbewaa clan. I am referring to Dagombas. Kusasis. Manprusi. Frafras. Nanumbas. In all the five Northern Regions, it has never happened. You name them, apart from our brother, Dr. Anta. So we all need to rally behind him to succeed”, he added.
He added that this is a great time for Muslims in Ghana, emphasizing that for the first time a Muslim became a flagbearer of a governing party, and first time a Muslim became a finance minister means a lot the north and Muslims in general.
Lawyer Tampuli however called on Muslims across the country to vote for the NPP to continue the good works it has started under president Akufo-Addo.
Until his appointment, he was the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, and will take over from Ken Ofori-Atta who served in office for seven years.
Dr Amin Adam was in February 2023 appointed as the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, after President Akufo-Addo asked Charles Adu Boahene to step aside following an investigation by Ace Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Profile of Amin Adam
Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam is an Economist, Energy and Petroleum Policy Expert, and Resource Governance Advocate.
He holds a PhD in Energy and Petroleum Economics (2014) from the University of Dundee, Center for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), United Kingdom.
He obtained a Master of Philosophy Degree in Economics (2002), and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Economics (1998) both from the University of Cape Coast.
He has also studied various topics and received certificates from the Columbia University, Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment, in New York (Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development), EcoMod Modeling School, Washington D.C. (Computable General Equilibrium Modeling with GAMS), University of Texas at Austin, Centre for Energy Economics, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, USA (New Era Oil, Gas and Power Value Creation), Harvard University (Executive Leadership), and the International Academy of Leadership, Gummersbach, Germany (Human and Civil Rights).
