Professor Opoku-Agyemang becomes the first female Chairperson of the Police Council

Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang is the first female Vice President of Ghana

Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the first female Vice President of Ghana, has yet again attained another unprecedented feat.

The Vice President, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, became the first female Chairperson of the Police Council of Ghana.

Per the laws of the country, the Vice President takes on the role of being the Chairperson of the Council, which advises the President of Ghana on matters of policy relating to internal security, including budgeting, administration, and the promotion of police officers above the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police.

The other members of the committee, which was inaugurated by President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, are:

– Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, Minister for the Interior

– COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, Inspector General of Police

– Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho, former Speaker of Parliament

– Sophia Akuffo, former Chief Justice

– Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, former Inspector General of Police

– Dr Callistus Mahama, Secretary to the President

– Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Presidential Advisor

– Daniel Addo, Security Specialist