Nationality Ghanaian Majority 2,504 Name Cletus Avoka | President John Atta Mills Role Member of Parliament Preceded by Kwame Addo-Kufuor Succeeded by Martin Amidu | |
Political party National Democratic Congress Party National Democratic Congress | ||
Preceded by John Akparibo Ndebugre | ||
NewDay - An interview with Hon. Cletus Avoka, ahead of the state of nation address - 25/2/2016
Cletus Apul Avoka was the majority leader in the Ghana parliament. After the 2012 General Elections, he was replaced by Benjamin Kunbuor for the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic as Majority Leader. He was the Minister for Interior in the National Democratic Congress government of John Atta Mills in Ghana until January 2010. His first ministerial position was as Minister for Lands and Forestry in the government of Jerry Rawlings. He was formerly the Member of Parliament for Bawku West constituency in the Upper East Region of Ghana from 1993 to 2005. In the 2008 parliamentary election, he re-entered parliament as the second MP for the Zebilla constituency.
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