Dr. Peter Boamah Otokunor has expressed gratitude to President John Dramani Mahama for offering him the rare opportunity to serve in his government as Director of Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness at the Presidency.
“I promise to commit every bit of my knowledge, skills, experience, and energy to this new role to deliver on his vision,” Dr. Otokunor said in a statement.
Dr. Otokunor is an agricultural economist, a chartered financial economist, a politician, a policy analyst, and a lecturer.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ghana. He is also a Chartered Financial Economist, a Fellow Chartered Economist of the Association of Certified and Chartered Economists (ACCE), and a member of the same association.
Additionally, he holds an honorary Doctorate in Executive Leadership from New England University in the United States, as well as a Diploma in Youth Development from the International Training College of the International Labour Organization in Turin, Italy. He earned a Master of Arts degree in Economic Policy Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture (Animal Science), both from the University of Ghana, Legon.
Dr. Otokunor has over 20 years of working experience in both the public and private sectors.
He is currently a lecturer at the Department of Economics and Actuarial Science at the University of Professional Studies, Accra.
Previously, he served as a Deputy General Secretary (Operations) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and as the Secretary-General of the African Leftist Party Schools Union (ALPSU).
He is currently the Director of Inter-party and Civil Society Relations for the NDC and a member of the NDC Elections Directorate.
In public service, he distinguished himself as the Head of Research at the Communications Directorate at the Office of the President under the late President Professor John Evans Atta Mills. He later served as a Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA) of Ghana.
Dr. Otokunor also played key roles in the NDC’s electoral campaigns. He was the Deputy Campaign Manager for the 2020 NDC-John Mahama Campaign and led the Operations Sub-Committee of the 2012 NDC-John Mahama Campaign.
He served as the Secretary to the NDC 2016 Manifesto Committee and was a member of both the 2020 and 2024 Manifesto Committees of the NDC.
Previously, he served as the Deputy Director of Research for the NDC and was the founding Registrar of the NDC Party School, the Ghana Institute of Social Democracy (GISD).
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