Prez Mahama appoints new National Security Adviser
President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a former Minister for Interior, William K. Aboah, as his National Security Adviser.
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Mr. Aboah is a retired Commissioner of Police who was once the Head of the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID). He has also served as the Director General of the Ghana Immigration Service.
The former police chief is taking over from Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah who is now Head of the Human Security Department of the National Security Council Secretariat.
Born on June 4 1939, Mr. Aboah is a barrister and hails from Adukrom, Akuapem in the Eastern Region.
He attended the Larteh Presby Boarding School from 1951 to 1954; the Workers College, Accra from 1965 to 1970; University of Ghana, Legon from 1978 to 1981 (LLB); the Ghana Law School, Accra 1981 to 1983 (BL); and the University College, London, UK from 1984 to 1986 (LLM).
He was once a lecturer at the Police College where he taught Criminal Law and Criminal Investigations, and also served as Staff Officer/Secretary to the Inspector General Of Police (IGP) in 1982.
Mr Aboah was in 1983 posted to the Ghana High Commission in London as Counsellor in charge of Passports and Immigration Section.