Moses Asaga

Hon. Moses Aduku Asaga
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Nabdam
In office Jan 1997 – Jan 2013
Preceded by	Danzi Paul Kpal
Succeeded by	Boniface Agambila
Minister for Employment and Social Welfare
In office Feb 2012 – Jan 2013
President	John Atta Mills John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by	Enoch Teye Mensah
Succeeded by	Nii Armah Ahsietey
Personal details
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress

Moses Aduku Asaga is a Ghanaian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Nabdam in the Upper East Region of Ghana from 1997 to 2013. He lost the seat in the December 2012 elections to Boniface Agambilla of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ^[1] who has stood against him in the 2008 election but lost. He was also a Minister for Employment and Social Welfare in Ghana.^[2] He was appointed in early 2012 following a cabinet reshuffle by President Mills.^[3] Moses Asaga had been nominated for a ministerial position in 2009 but was withdrawn following a controversy about some ex-gratia awards he had authorised.^[4] After John Dramani Mahama won the 2012 General Elections, he replaced Moses Asaga with Nii Armah Ashietey as Minister of Employment and Social Welfare.^[5]

Education

Moses Asaga holds a BSc in Industrial Chemistry from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He also holds a MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Aberdeen University and MBA, Finance from Yonsei University. In addition to that he has MPhil in Financial Economics from Durham University, United Kingdom.^[6]

See also

• List of Mills government ministers
• Nabdam constituency
• National Democratic Congress

References

2. "Mills tasks new ministers to excel". General news. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
3. "Full Text Of Reshuffle By President Mills". General News. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
4. "Returnee Moses Asaga: Hard work pays". General News. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
6. "GCB Directors". GCB. Retrieved 23 August 2014.