Wundef Show: The Rise of Hon. John Ackon from a Miner to a Minister (Part 2)

Hon. John Alexander Kobina Ackon has been a Municipal Chief Executive of Obuasi, Deputy Minister of Chieftaincy, Deputy Minister of Gender and Social Protection and finally the Ashanti regional Minister during the Mills and Mahama administrations in Ghana between 2009 and 2016. Before coming into politics, he was a miner at AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine.
In the first video, we look into his education and work at the mine.
In this second part of the interview, we delved into his work as a minister of state, the challenges he encountered and how he managed them.

 

 

 

 

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