Hans Kofi Boni

Hans Kofi Boni is a Ghanaian politician during the first republic of Ghana. He was the Member of parliament (MP) for Ho West.

Honourable
Hans Kofi Boni
MP for Ho West
In office
11 August 1960 – 1965
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Preceded byKodzo Ayeke
Parliamentary groupConvention People's Party
ConstituencyHo West
Minister for Food and Nutrition
In office
1965–1966
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Preceded byJoseph Kodzo
Volta Regional Commissioner
In office
1961–1965
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Preceded byFrancis Yao Asare
Succeeded byJoseph Kodzo
Personal details
Born95–96
Gold Coast
Alma materZion Senior High School

Member of parliament

Boni was a member of the Convention People's Party (CPP) led by Kwame Nkrumah. He was elected as the MP for Ho West during the first republic. He was sworn in on 11 August 1960.[1][2] In the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election, 198 MPs representing the CPP were elected unopposed following the increase in the powers of the President of Ghana by the 1964 Constitutional Amendments.[3] He served as the member of parliament for Yingor constituency until the 24th February 1966 coup d'état which overthrew the civilian government and replaced it with the National Liberation Council (NLC) military government.

Minister in government

Boni served as the Volta Regional Commissioner between 1961 and 1965 in the Nkrumah government.[4] He was one of seven Regional Commissioners (Regional Ministers) invited by the United States to tour the USA following their visit to the Soviet Union.[5] While in this position, Boni who is a native of Kpedze, advised the Kpedze Youth Association to invest in the construction of a secondary school.[6] This led to the foundation of the Kpedze Senior High School in October 1962.[7][8]

Jail sentence

In 1969, Boni was sentenced to six years imprisonment with "productive hard labour" by an Accra High Court presided over by Justice E. K. Wiredu. He was found guilty together with Joseph Kodzo of inappropriate disbursement of funds of the then Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). They were both former Volta Regional Commissioners in Kwame Nkrumah's government. His defence was that he was carrying out the orders of Nkrumah but this was not accepted by the presiding judge.[9]

References
  1. "Parliamentary Debates; National Assembly Official Report". Parliamentary Debates. Government Printing Department (Publications Branch). 1960.
  2. "Parliamentary Debates; National Assembly Official Report". Parliamentary Debates. Government Printing Department (Publications Branch). 1960.
  3. "About The Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. "Social pension scheme for aged in informal sector". Modern Ghana. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. "Ghana Ministers Tour U.S.A." Ghana News: Dr Kwame Nkrumah Celebrates His 55th Birthday. Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana. 2 (9): 9. 21 September 1964. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. Yayoh, Wilson Kwame (April 2010). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN EWEDOME, BRITISH TRUST TERRITORY OF TOGOLAND (GHANA), 1922-1974" (PDF). eprints.soas.ac.uk/. London: School of Oriental and African Studies. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  7. "Kpedze Senior High". myriaddigitalsolutions.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  8. Afloe, Peter (6 July 2021). "Kpedze Senior High School - Explore Schools in Ghana Find and connect with all schools in Ghana SHS Vocational, Universities and more". www.ghanaschoolsonline.org. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  9. Okine, D. A. (29 July 1969). Ofori, Henry (ed.). "2 Former RC's Jailed". Daily Graphic. Accra: Graphic Communications Group (5855): 1. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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