PROFILE OF HON.EMMANUEL ARMAH-KOFI BUAH (MP) - DEPUTY MINISTER OF ENERGY

Date of Birth: May 10 1966

Marital Status: Married with two children

Academic Qualifications: Master of Science (Management) University of Maryland UC. USA,  BA (Hons) Social Science (law)  KNUST- Kumasi Ghana

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

United States Postal Service-Management Training Program:
Selected among thirty (30) best candidates out of 4000 across the USA for a two years on the job training to fill top management positions in the Postal Service. These included processing, delivery operations, customer service and sales, marketing and finance and human relations.

Present Position:
Deputy Minister of Energy
Member of Parliament-Ellembele Constituency, Western Region-Ghana  
   
Positions Held:                
Post Master- United States Postal Service- Clinton
Customer Service Manager-US Postal Service
Program Manager- CSAAC-Rockville MD 
Financial Consultant- Ameridebt- G’town MD
Manager- Frankfield Enterprises Ltd. Kaneshie
Liaison Officer-Nat. Service Dist. Secretariat -Axim

Business Area:
Processing Operations, Delivery Operations, Value Chain Management, Financial Planning, Human Resource Management, and Labour Relations.

Specialist Areas:
Human Resource Allocation, Daily Decision Making/ Problem analysis, Budget operations, Planning and Scheduling of work, Safety and  Health issues, Labour Relations/Conflict Resolution, Community Relations.

PUBLIC SERVICE IN GHANA

Hon. Buah is a result oriented gentleman, who strongly believes in professional excellence. He shares the view that the key to success is hard work, integrity and sheer determination to succeed.

He believes that education is the key to unlocking the cycle of poverty especially in rural communities and has thus dedicated his adult life to make a difference.

What drove him to public service is that he grew up witnessing as a child the hopefulness of the post colonial era- the story of people fighting to be free from colonial rule, the heroism of great leaders like Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

He is convinced that what is needed for the Ghanaian renaissance is a new leadership that understands sacrifice and believes that Ghana and indeed Africa is at a crossroad- a time of reassessment, a time to begin questioning institutions and practices that have failed them, a time to provide new leadership that will give people a new sense of hope, a choice that offers opportunity and demand responsibility.