President Akufo Addo has endorsed former Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development, Dr. Mustapha Abdul Hamid as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA).

Dr. Mustapha Hamid replaces Hassan Tampoli, who is now MP for Gushiega and a Deputy Transport Minister-designate.
His appointment takes effect from July 1.

In a letter dated June 17, 2021, Dr Abdul-Hamid has been charged to champion the vision and mission of the NPA, which is to “regulate, oversee and monitor the petroleum downstream industry in Ghana for efficiency, growth and stakeholder satisfaction”.

He is expected to re-position the downstream petroleum regulator in order to address the huge revenue leakages in the sector.

Dr. Hamid served as a Spokesperson to then candidate Akufo-Addo from 2008 until 2017 when he became the Information Minister and Presidential Spokesperson.

Background:

Dr Mustapha Abdul Hamid was the first Information Minister in President Akufo-Addo first term in office but was later reassigned as the Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development.

Before then, he served as Spokesperson to then candidate Akufo-Addo from 2008 until 2017.

He later served as the Deputy National Campaign Manager for President Akufo-Addo’s successful second term bid in 2020, and was in charge of the campaign’s communications.

Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid attended Tamale Secondary School in 1987 for his Advanced level. In 1991, he was admitted to the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree where he eventually majored in Religious Studies.

He subsequently obtained an M.Phil. and a PhD in Religious Studies from the same university.