Mustapha Abdul-Hamid

Mustapha Abdul-Hamid
Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development
Assumed office
August 2018
President Nana Akufo-Addo
Personal details
Born (1971-06-14) 14 June 1971
Political party New Patriotic Party

Mustapha Abdul-Hamid is a Ghanaian politician and lecturer. He is the minister for Inner City and Zongo Development and the former minister for information.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Mustapha Abdul-Hamid was born in the Northern Regional capital of Tamale on the 14th of June 1971 to Hamidu Yakubu and Adama Musah. Hamidu Yakubu was a soldier with the 6th Battalion of Infantry in Tamale. Adama Musah is a retired teacher who taught in various schools around the Tamale metropolis. He attended the Station Experimental Primary School in Tamale from 1976-1982. He then went to Bawku Secondary School for his Ordinary Level from 1982-1987. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid entered Tamale Secondary School in 1987 for his Advanced level. In 1991, he entered the University of Cape Coast to pursue a Bachelor of Arts course with English Language, Classics and Religious Studies. He eventually majored in Religious Studies, obtaining a Second Class, Upper Division. He also pursued a Diploma in Education concurrently with the Degree program. He obtained an M.Phil in Religious Studies from the University of Cape Coast in 2003. In September 2017, he completed and was awarded a PhD in Religious Studies by the University of Cape Coast.

Career and political life

Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has worked in various capacities as a Strategy Planning Manager and Client Service Manager with various Advertising and Marketing Companies such as the Media Majique and Research Systems and Ghana Advertising and Marketing Company. He also worked with and edited newspapers such as the defunct High Street Journal and the Daily Statesman. He was also the News Editor at Choice FM, a radio station based in Accra whose frequency was eventually sold to the Dr. Kwabena Duffuor media group and has now become Kasapa FM.[4]

Hamid is the former minister for information.[5] Before his appointment as minister for information in March 2017, he was a lecturer at the Department of Religion and Human Values of the University of Cape Coast.

References

  1. ↑ "Zongo Minister appointment a higher calling – Mustapha Hamid". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  2. ↑ Frimpong, Enoch Darfah. "I chose Oppong Nkrumah as my deputy - Mustapha Hamid". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  3. ↑ "Akufo-Addo reshuffles 15, sacks zero, keeps 110 ministers". Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  4. ↑ Jotie, Sule. "Mustapha Hamid is Minister-designate for Information - Government of Ghana". www.ghana.gov.gh. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  5. ↑ Online, Peace FM. "Ministerial Reshuffle Will Energise Government - Dr Oduro Osae". Retrieved 2018-08-12.


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