Adisa Munkaila

Adisa Munkaila is a Ghanaian politician.

Adisa Munkaila
Member of the Council of State of Ghana
In office March 2001 – 6 January 2005
President	John Kufuor
Minister for Labour and Social Welfare
In office 14 November 1980 – 31 December 1981
President	Hilla Limann
Vice President	Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson
Preceded by	Frank Q. Amega
Succeeded by	Ato Austin
Personal details
Political party	Convention People's Party
Other political affiliations	People's National Party
Relatives	Alhassan Wayo Seini
Alma mater	Achimota School

Early life and education

Adisa Munkaila had her secondary education at the Achimota School in the northern suburbs of Accra.^[1]

Politics

Munkaila was a Deputy Minister in the People's National Party government under President Hilla Limann during the third republic.^[2] She was later promoted after a cabinet reshuffle on 14 November 1980 to Minister for Labour and Social Welfare by President Limann.^[3] She was the first woman to lead this ministry in Ghana.^[4]

Munkaila was a member of the Convention People's Party during the fourth republic. Prior to the 2008 Ghanaian general election, she was on the party's vetting committee for its presidential candidates.^[5]

Munkaila was one of eleven people appointed as a member of the Council of State of Ghana in 2001 by John Kufuor, President of Ghana.^[2][6] She served between March 2001 and January 2005.^[7]

Other roles

Munkaila served as the chairperson of the executive board of the Northern Network for Education Development which was a non-governmental organisation bringing together various bodies to promote education in Northern Ghana.^[8][9]