Clement Apaak nominated as Deputy Education Minister

President John Dramani Mahama has nominated Dr. Clement Apaak, Builsa South Member of Parliament as Deputy Minister-designate for Education.

He would be the Deputy to Haruna Iddrisu if approved by Parliament.

Before being elected to Parliament to represent Builsa South, he worked as a presidential staffer for President John Dramani Mahama during his first term.

He was Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament’s Education Committee, as well as a member of the Public Accounts Committee.

In the seventh Parliament, he served on the aforementioned committees as well as the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Dr. Apaak nominations comes after a list, submitted on February 5, 2025, and signed by the spokesperson to the president, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, included notable individuals from various sectors, including finance, education, energy, and agriculture.

The President’s nominees is in accordance with Articles 78(1) and 79 (1) of the Constitution, which require the submission of such nominations for parliamentary approval.

Dr. Clement Abas Apaak is a known human rights advocate, community organiser, public speaker, and educator.He holds a Ph.D. from Simon Fraser University (SFU), Burnaby, British Columbia (BC), Canada; an M.Phil. from the University of Bergen, Norway; and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ghana, Ghana.

Born in Ghana, Africa, he was the first international student to be elected to a university board in British Columbia, Canada, and the first African graduate student to speak on behalf of his graduation class at his graduation.He is a former SFU senator and student society president and is the founder of Canadian Students for Darfur (www.csfdarfur.net), a humanitarian organisation. As an accomplished student leader and activist in the 1990s in his home nation, Dr. Apaak has been active in every part of the world he has lived in, including Ghana, the USA, Norway, and Canada.