Former Minister for Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda in the New Patriotic Party(NPP) government who served under President Akufo-Addo until January 2021 has died.

The Former Member of Parliament(MP) for Navrongo Central in the Upper East Region passed away on Thursday upon arrival at the Legon Hospital.

He died aged 65.

According to sources, Mr Adda had been battling with ill-health for the past few years.

Background:

Joseph Kofi Kowe Adda ( 22 April 1956-14 October 2021) was a Ghanaian politician, who served as a Member of Parliament and also the Minister for Aviation in the New Patriotic Party government under President Akufo-Addo until January 2021.

He was also a Financial Economist and a Management Consultant. He was the immediate past Minister for Aviation

Mr Adda was born at Navrongo, the capital of the Kassena-Nankana District in the Upper East Region of Ghana.

The former Sanitation Minister had his secondary education at St. John’s School, Sekondi and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in politics and economics from the Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, United States, which he attended between 1979 and 1982. Between 1982 and 1984, he was at Columbia University, New York, where he studied for a Master’s degree in International Affairs, specializing in Finance and Banking.[4] He went on to get a graduate certificate in African Studies from the same university. In 1989, he obtained a certificate in French language and civilization from the Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

The late Kofi Adda first became a Member of Parliament in 2003. He won the by-election for the Navrongo Central constituency after the death of the incumbent, John Achuliwor.[6] He retained his seat in the 2004 parliamentary election. He was appointed the Minister for Manpower Development and Employment by President John Kufuor in 2005.