Samuel Basintale Amadu
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Samuel Basintale Amadu | |
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 Official Portrait, 2025 | |
| Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service | |
| Assumed office March 2025 | |
| President | John Dramani Mahama |
| Preceded by | Kwame Asuah Takyi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 17, 1972 Bawku, Upper East Region, Ghana |
| Education | University of Ghana Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration |
| Occupation | Immigration officer |
Samuel Basintale Amadu is a Ghanaian immigration officer and public official who has served as Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service since March 2025.[1] He has spent more than three decades in the Service, holding senior operational, administrative, and command positions prior to his appointment as its head.[2]
Samuel Basintale Amadu was born on 17 April 1972 in Bawku in the Upper East Region of Ghana. He studied at the University of Ghana, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with Philosophy. He later earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Public Administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration and a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs from the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy, University of Ghana.[3][4]