Clement Kofi Humado

Hon.
Clement Kofi Humado
Member of the Ghanaian Parliament
for Anlo
Assumed office
Jan 2005
Preceded by Victor Gbeho
Majority 27,824
Minister for Food and Agriculture
In office
2013  16 July 2014
President John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by Kwesi Ahwoi
Succeeded by Fiifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey (MP)
Personal details
Born (1953-12-18) 18 December 1953
Nationality Ghanaian
Political party National Democratic Congress
Alma mater University of Ghana

Clement Kofi Humado (born 18 December 1953) is the Member of Parliament for the Anlo constituency in Ghana. He is also a former Minister for Food and Agriculture in Ghana.

Early life and education

Humado was born to the late John Kobla Humado and his wife Grace Abla Humado. They both hailed from Alakple in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region of Ghana. He graduated from the University of Ghana at Legon in 1976 where he studied Animal Science and Agricultural Extension. He obtained a Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Administration four years later at the same university. In 1985, he completed a Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Sector Projects and Programmes course at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. He also did other Certificate coursed in 1989 at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration and in Finance in 1998 at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.[1]

Occupation

Humado has worked in various capacities and as a consultant in agriculture and finance in various organisations.[1]

Politics

He entered politics in 2000 when he joined the Alakple branch of the National Democratic Congress. He won the Anlo parliamentary seat in the December 2004 parliamentary election.[2] He was appointed by President Mills during a cabinet reshuffle in January 2011.[3]

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References

Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by
James Victor Gbeho
MP for Anlo
2005 present
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Akua Dansua
Minister for Youth and Sports
2011 2013
Succeeded by
Elvis Afriyie Ankrah
Preceded by
Kwesi Ahwoi
Minister for Food and Agriculture
2013 2014
Succeeded by
Fiifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey
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