Ato Ahwoi
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
RelationsKwamena Ahwoi (brother)
Kwesi Ahwoi (brother)

Ato Ahwoi is a Ghanaian politician, who served as board chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation[1][2][3] from 2009 to 2013 in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, during the reign of John Atta Mills and as Minister of Energy from 1987 to 1993 during the reign of Jerry Rawlings within the PNDC era.[2][4]

Personal life

He has eight siblings. He attended Prempeh College. He has two brothers, Kwamena Ahwoi and Kwesi Ahwoi,[5] who both served along with him in the Rawlings government.[6][7]

References

  1. "GNPC Board Chairman dares GFA". www.ghanaweb.com. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "New Chairman for GNPC". Petroleum Africa. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. "Ex-GFA big wigs chase the Ghana football governing body for GHC7.5 million". Pulse Ghana. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  4. "Old wines, new bottles". www.africa-confidential.com. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. "Kwamena Ahwoi writes about his working relationship with Rawlings". Graphic Online. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. "Rawlings wanted my senior brother, Ato to contest Atta Mills for presidency - Kwamena Ahwoi". MyJoyOnline.com. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  7. Ghana:The Mills grind slowly, Africa Confidential, retrieved 29 June 2010


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