Emmanuel Nyante

Colonel Emmanuel Obeng Nyante is a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He was a member of the National Redemption Council (NRC) government which ruled Ghana between January 1972 and October 1975 following a military coup led by Colonel Kutu Acheampong.

Emmanuel Obeng Nyante
Commissioner for Education, Youth and Culture
In office
1974 – October 1975
PresidentColonel I. K. Acheampong
Preceded byLt-Colonel Paul Nkegbe
Succeeded byE. Owusu-Fordwouh
Volta Regional Commissioner
In office
May 1973 – January 1974
PresidentColonel I. K. Acheampong
Preceded byMajor P. K. D. Habadah
Succeeded byColonel J. A. Kabore
Eastern Regional Commissioner
In office
1972–1973
PresidentColonel I. K. Acheampong
Preceded byG. L. A. Djabanor
Succeeded byLt. Col. George Minyila
Military service
AllegianceGhana Armed Forces
Branch/serviceGhana Army
RankColonel

Following the overthrow of the constitutionally elected Progress Party government of Kofi Abrefa Busia, Nyante was appointed as a member of the NRC which formed a military government. He first served as the Eastern Regional Commissioner from January 1972 to 1973. [1][2]

In May 1973, he was moved to the Volta Region where he replaced Major P. K. D. Habadah as the Volta Regional Commissioner until January 1974.[3][4]

In 1974, Nyante became the Commissioner for Education, Youth and Culture. He held this position until the NRC was replaced by the Supreme Military Council in October 1975.[5][6][7]
(Commissioner for Education, Youth and Culture)

References
  1. "GHANA". INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE COUNTRY PROFILE (PDF). Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre. April 1973. p. 7. hdl:10625/1657. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. "Ghana: Construction Begins On New Aluminium Projects In Kibi Area - Financed With U.S. & Japanese Capitals". www.britishpathe.com. British Pathé. 1972. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  3. AKPAKLI, INNOCENT (19 September 2017). "Creation of New Regions ( Volta at a glance)". GhTrendz.com. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. Nugent, Paul Christopher (October 1991). ""National Integration and the Vicissitudes of State Power in Ghana: The Political Incorporation of Likpe, a Border Community, 1945-19B6" - A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London" (PDF). London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. p. 183. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. "Youth Must Be Given Technical And Practical Training - Nyante". Ghana News. Washington DC, USA: Embassy of Ghana. 6 (16): 7. 15 September 1974. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  6. "Ghana: African Librarians Conference Told Library Services Essential To Promote Wider Education". www.britishpathe.com. British Pathé. 1975. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  7. Paxton, John, ed. (1974). "Ghana". The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1974–1975. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 310–316. doi:10.1057/9780230271036. ISBN 9780230271036. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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