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Ministry of Communication and Technology
Contact: P.O. Box M42 Accra (+233-21) 685606 (+233-21) 667114
Responsibility: The Ministry of Communications was created out of the former Ministry of Transport & Communications in response to local and global developments in Information Technology industry. The purpose is to enable government develop policies that will help integrate information technologies into the activities of the society and also harness the full potential for effective development
Ministry of Defence
Contact: Burma Camp Accra (+233-21) 776111-5(+233-21) 778549
Responsibilty: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) exists to proactively promote national defence interests through: a. Effective formulation, co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation of defence polices and programmes. b. Maintaining the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in a high state of preparedness for national and international engagements. c. Active involvement in the promotion of peace and stability in the country and the sub-region.
Ministry of Education & Sports
Contact: P.O Box M45 Accra (+233-21) 666070 (+233-21) 664067
Responsibility: The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports exists to carry out the Government's vision of using quality education delivery to accelerate the nation's socio economic development.
Ministry of Energy
Contact: P. O .Box T40, Stadium Post Office Accra, Ghana (+233-21) 683961-4 (+233-21) 668262
Responsibility: The mission of the Ministry of Energy is to develop and ensure reliable supply of high quality energy services at minimum cost to all sectors of the economy through the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies.
Ministry of Environment & Science
Contact: P.O Box M50 Accra (+233-21) 664763/663668 (+233-21) 661015
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Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
Contact: P.O. Box M40 Accra (+233-21) 686204 (+233-21) 668879
Responsibility: Public financial management includes the activities that relate financial resources available to the government to results: allocation of funds, accounting and reporting, cash flow management, asset management, debt management, internal controls, procurement and financial statements. Restructuring these range of activities is an integral part of the efforts of government to move Ghana away from poverty and to promote economic prosperity.
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Contact: P.O. Box M37 Ministries, Accra (+233-21) 663036/6171360 (+233-21) 668245
Responsibility: The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) is the Ministry charged with the development and growth of agriculture in the country with the exception of the Cocoa-Coffee and Forestry sector. Its primary roles are the formulation of appropriate agricultural policies, planning & co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation within the overall national economic development.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Contact: P. O Box M53 Accra (233-21) 664951-3 (233-21) 680017
Responsibility: Consistent with its constitutionally mandated responsibilities, "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regonal Cooperation and NEPAD exists to promote and protect the interest of Ghana and its citizens abroad and to enhance Ghana's security and prosperity
Ministry of Health
Contact: P.O. Box M44 Accra (+233-21) 666151 (+233-21) 663810
Responsibility: As a critical Sector of the economy, the Ministry of Health shall seek to improve the health status of all people living in Ghana, through the development and promotion of proactive policies, provision of universal access to basic health service, and the provision of quality and affordable health services.
Ministry of Information
Contact: P.O Box M 41 Accra (+233-21) 228059/228054 (+233-21) 235800
Responsibility: The Vision of the Ministry is the attainment of a free, united, informed and prosperous society with good governance through development communication.
Ministry of Interior
Contact: P.O. Box M42 Accra (+233-21) 684400/684407 (+233-21) 684408
Responsibility: The Ministry of the Interior exists to ensure the maintenance of Internal Security and Peaceful Development within the Law, in Ghana.
Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Department
Contact: P.O Box M60 Accra (+233-21) 665051/682102 (+233-21) 667609
Responsibility: The Attorney General, exist to entrench at the core of the body politic and abiding respect for the Rule of Law and a constant observance of human Rights, to ensure equality of access to Justice and treatment before the Law for all citizens, to promote by law social justice to facilitate the operations of a fair, efficient and transparent legal system and to propagate a culture of due process and legality for these purposes.
Ministry of Lands, Forestry & Mines
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Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
Contact: P.O Box M50 Accra (+233-21) 664763/663668 (+233-21) 661015
Responsibility: The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development exists to promote the establishment and development of a vibrant and well resourced decentralized system of local government for the people of Ghana to ensure good governance and balanced rural based development.
Ministry of Manpower, Youth & Employment
Contact: P.O. Box 1627 State House Accra (+233-21) 665349/667251 (+233-21) 667251
Responsibilty: The Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Employment exists to promote sustainable employment opportunities, management and vocational skills development, training and re-training, harmonious industrial relations, safe and group formation and social integration of vulnerable, excluded and the disadvantaged for the development and growth of the economy.
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Contact: P.O Box 1627 State House Accra (+233-21) 665349/667251(+233-21) 667251
Responsibility: The Ministry exists to link the Executive, the Legislature and the general public through the facilitation of the flow of information amongst them and the collaboration and networking with all relevant stakeholders.
Ministry of Private Sector Development & PSI
Contact: 021-684086/684087
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Ministry of Regional Cooperation and NEPAD (MRCN)
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Ministry of Road Transport
Contact: P.O Box M57 Accra (+233-21) 672676 (+233-21) 673676
Responsibility: The Ministry of Transportation is a government establishment responsible for the formulation, coordination and monitoring of Aviation, Transport and Highway infrastructure policies and programmes for both public and private sectors of the economy.
Ministry of Tourism & Modernization of The Capital City
Contact: P.O Box 4386 Accra (+233-21) 666701(+233-21) 666182
Responsibility: The Ministry of Tourism and Modernisation of the Capital City exists to ensure the development and promotion of tourism and improvement of the capital city on a sustainable basis. This objective aims at optimising the socio-economic growth and positive environmental impact for the benefit of deprived communities in particular and the country at large.
Ministry Of Trade & Industry
Contact: P.O Box M47 Accra (+233-21) 663327(+233-21) 662428
Responsibility: The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development and Presidential Special Initiatives has overall responsibility for the formulation, implementation and monitoring of Ghana's internal and external trade. It is the sector ministry that ensures that Ghana derives maximum benefit from internal trade relations and that domestic trade is conducted in a smooth and orderly manner.
Ministry of Women & Children's Affairs
Contact: P.O Box M186 Accra (+233-21) 255411/688181/7(+233-21) 688182
Responsibility: The Ministry exists to promote the welfare of women and children in Ghana. It is the entity designated by government to initiate, coordinate and Monitor gender responsive issues. It is to ensure equal status for women and promote rights of children.
Ministry of Works & Housing
Contact: P.O Box M43 Accra (+233-21) 685512/665940/685503(+233-21) 667689/663268
Responsibility: The Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing has as its main functions the formulation and co-ordination of policies and programmes for the systematic development of the country's infrastructure requirements in respect of Works, Housing, Water Supply and Sanitation and Hydrology. The Ministry co-ordinates and supervises, by way of monitoring and evaluation of the performance of both public and private agencies responding to and participating in the realisation of the policy objectives established for the sector.
Contact: P.O. Box M42 Accra (+233-21) 685606 (+233-21) 667114
Responsibility: The Ministry of Communications was created out of the former Ministry of Transport & Communications in response to local and global developments in Information Technology industry. The purpose is to enable government develop policies that will help integrate information technologies into the activities of the society and also harness the full potential for effective development
Ministry of Defence
Contact: Burma Camp Accra (+233-21) 776111-5(+233-21) 778549
Responsibilty: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) exists to proactively promote national defence interests through: a. Effective formulation, co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation of defence polices and programmes. b. Maintaining the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in a high state of preparedness for national and international engagements. c. Active involvement in the promotion of peace and stability in the country and the sub-region.
Ministry of Education & Sports
Contact: P.O Box M45 Accra (+233-21) 666070 (+233-21) 664067
Responsibility: The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports exists to carry out the Government's vision of using quality education delivery to accelerate the nation's socio economic development.
Ministry of Energy
Contact: P. O .Box T40, Stadium Post Office Accra, Ghana (+233-21) 683961-4 (+233-21) 668262
Responsibility: The mission of the Ministry of Energy is to develop and ensure reliable supply of high quality energy services at minimum cost to all sectors of the economy through the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies.
Ministry of Environment & Science
Contact: P.O Box M50 Accra (+233-21) 664763/663668 (+233-21) 661015
Responsibility:
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
Contact: P.O. Box M40 Accra (+233-21) 686204 (+233-21) 668879
Responsibility: Public financial management includes the activities that relate financial resources available to the government to results: allocation of funds, accounting and reporting, cash flow management, asset management, debt management, internal controls, procurement and financial statements. Restructuring these range of activities is an integral part of the efforts of government to move Ghana away from poverty and to promote economic prosperity.
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Contact: P.O. Box M37 Ministries, Accra (+233-21) 663036/6171360 (+233-21) 668245
Responsibility: The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) is the Ministry charged with the development and growth of agriculture in the country with the exception of the Cocoa-Coffee and Forestry sector. Its primary roles are the formulation of appropriate agricultural policies, planning & co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation within the overall national economic development.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Contact: P. O Box M53 Accra (233-21) 664951-3 (233-21) 680017
Responsibility: Consistent with its constitutionally mandated responsibilities, "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regonal Cooperation and NEPAD exists to promote and protect the interest of Ghana and its citizens abroad and to enhance Ghana's security and prosperity
Ministry of Health
Contact: P.O. Box M44 Accra (+233-21) 666151 (+233-21) 663810
Responsibility: As a critical Sector of the economy, the Ministry of Health shall seek to improve the health status of all people living in Ghana, through the development and promotion of proactive policies, provision of universal access to basic health service, and the provision of quality and affordable health services.
Ministry of Information
Contact: P.O Box M 41 Accra (+233-21) 228059/228054 (+233-21) 235800
Responsibility: The Vision of the Ministry is the attainment of a free, united, informed and prosperous society with good governance through development communication.
Ministry of Interior
Contact: P.O. Box M42 Accra (+233-21) 684400/684407 (+233-21) 684408
Responsibility: The Ministry of the Interior exists to ensure the maintenance of Internal Security and Peaceful Development within the Law, in Ghana.
Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Department
Contact: P.O Box M60 Accra (+233-21) 665051/682102 (+233-21) 667609
Responsibility: The Attorney General, exist to entrench at the core of the body politic and abiding respect for the Rule of Law and a constant observance of human Rights, to ensure equality of access to Justice and treatment before the Law for all citizens, to promote by law social justice to facilitate the operations of a fair, efficient and transparent legal system and to propagate a culture of due process and legality for these purposes.
Ministry of Lands, Forestry & Mines
Contact:
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Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
Contact: P.O Box M50 Accra (+233-21) 664763/663668 (+233-21) 661015
Responsibility: The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development exists to promote the establishment and development of a vibrant and well resourced decentralized system of local government for the people of Ghana to ensure good governance and balanced rural based development.
Ministry of Manpower, Youth & Employment
Contact: P.O. Box 1627 State House Accra (+233-21) 665349/667251 (+233-21) 667251
Responsibilty: The Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Employment exists to promote sustainable employment opportunities, management and vocational skills development, training and re-training, harmonious industrial relations, safe and group formation and social integration of vulnerable, excluded and the disadvantaged for the development and growth of the economy.
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Contact: P.O Box 1627 State House Accra (+233-21) 665349/667251(+233-21) 667251
Responsibility: The Ministry exists to link the Executive, the Legislature and the general public through the facilitation of the flow of information amongst them and the collaboration and networking with all relevant stakeholders.
Ministry of Private Sector Development & PSI
Contact: 021-684086/684087
Responsibility:
Ministry of Regional Cooperation and NEPAD (MRCN)
Contact:
Responsibility:
Ministry of Road Transport
Contact: P.O Box M57 Accra (+233-21) 672676 (+233-21) 673676
Responsibility: The Ministry of Transportation is a government establishment responsible for the formulation, coordination and monitoring of Aviation, Transport and Highway infrastructure policies and programmes for both public and private sectors of the economy.
Ministry of Tourism & Modernization of The Capital City
Contact: P.O Box 4386 Accra (+233-21) 666701(+233-21) 666182
Responsibility: The Ministry of Tourism and Modernisation of the Capital City exists to ensure the development and promotion of tourism and improvement of the capital city on a sustainable basis. This objective aims at optimising the socio-economic growth and positive environmental impact for the benefit of deprived communities in particular and the country at large.
Ministry Of Trade & Industry
Contact: P.O Box M47 Accra (+233-21) 663327(+233-21) 662428
Responsibility: The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development and Presidential Special Initiatives has overall responsibility for the formulation, implementation and monitoring of Ghana's internal and external trade. It is the sector ministry that ensures that Ghana derives maximum benefit from internal trade relations and that domestic trade is conducted in a smooth and orderly manner.
Ministry of Women & Children's Affairs
Contact: P.O Box M186 Accra (+233-21) 255411/688181/7(+233-21) 688182
Responsibility: The Ministry exists to promote the welfare of women and children in Ghana. It is the entity designated by government to initiate, coordinate and Monitor gender responsive issues. It is to ensure equal status for women and promote rights of children.
Ministry of Works & Housing
Contact: P.O Box M43 Accra (+233-21) 685512/665940/685503(+233-21) 667689/663268
Responsibility: The Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing has as its main functions the formulation and co-ordination of policies and programmes for the systematic development of the country's infrastructure requirements in respect of Works, Housing, Water Supply and Sanitation and Hydrology. The Ministry co-ordinates and supervises, by way of monitoring and evaluation of the performance of both public and private agencies responding to and participating in the realisation of the policy objectives established for the sector.