Joe Gidisu
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Hon. Joe Kwashie Gidisu | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Central Tongu | |
| Assumed office Jan 2005 | |
| Preceded by | First |
| Majority | 12,488 |
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for North Tongu | |
| In office Jan 2001 – Jan 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Austin Gamey |
| Succeeded by | Charles Hodogbey |
| Majority | 32,220 |
| Minister for Roads and Highways | |
| Assumed office Feb 2009 | |
| President | John Atta Mills |
| Personal details | |
| Party | National Democratic Congress |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Committees | Committee on Members Holding Offices of Profit Lands and Forestry committee |
Joe Kwashie Gidisu is a politician and teacher and a former Minister for Roads and Highways of Ghana.[1]
Joe Gidisu was born on 22 February 1952 at Bakpa Alabonu in the Volta Region of Ghana.[2] He had his primary education at the Bakpa Alabonu Local Authority Primary School between 1959 and 1963.
He then attended the Mafi Devime Local Authority Middle School which he completed in 1967. He then proceeded to the Kibi Men's Training College where he obtained the Teachers' Certificate 'A'. Between 1975 and 1977, he attended the Advanced Teacher Training College at Winneba where he obtained the Specialist Teachers' Certificate.
Gidisu then attended the University of Ghana where he obtained B.A. Hons in 1981. He proceeded to the Netherlands where he undertook postgraduate studies at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague where he obtained the M.A. in Development Studies.[3]
Career
Gidisu taught at the Bontibor Local Authority Primary School between 1971 and 1973. After leaving the Kibi Men's Training College, he taught at the Dormaa Secondary School between 1977 and 1978.[3]