Joseph Adam Braimah
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Joseph Adam Braimah | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Gonja East Constituency | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 August 1916 Kpembe, Savannah Region |
| Died | 1986 (aged 69–70) |
| Party | Northern People's Party, Convention Peoples Party |
| Children | 52 |
| Occupation | Author, Chief |
Joseph Adam Braimah (also known as Kabuchewura Joseph Adam Braimah, 1916–1987)[1] was a Ghanaian politician, author and chief. In 1951, he was the first person from the Northern Region to be appointed as a Minister in Ghana and also a Member of Parliament.[2][3][4] He was the first Ghanaian minister to resign from his position after confessing of taking bribe from Aksor Kasardjian, an Armenian contractor.[5]
Braimah was born on 31 August 1916 and hails from Kpembe in the Savannah Region (formerly Northern Region) of Ghana.[2]
Career
He was a Minister for Communications and Work during Nkrumah's regime.[2][6] He was the National Vice Chairman of the United Party in 1957.[7][8][9]
Politics
In 1950, Braimah was appointed member of the Legislative Council and in 1951, Kwame Nkrumah appointed him as a Cabinet Minister. He was a founding member of the Northern People's Party which was a political party founded by politicians of the Northern Territories of the Gold Goast to contest the general election in 1954. In 1959, he became a member of the Convention Peoples Party.[2][7][10][11] He was the Member of Parliament for Gonja East in the then Northern Region (now Savannah Region) of Ghana.[12][13]
Personal life
Braimah had 11 wives and 52 children.[2] He is the father of Salifu Adam Braimah.[3] Atchulo Samuel William Braimah is the father of Joseph Adam Braimah.[14]
Death
Braimah died in the 1980s at the age of 70.[2]
