Collins Dauda

Hon. Collins Dauda

Member of the Ghana Parliament for Asutifi South
Incumbent
Assumed office Jan 2005
Preceded by	Cecilia Djan Amoah
In office Jan 1993 – Jan 2001
Preceded by	First in Fourth Republic
Succeeded by	Cecilia Djan Amoah
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources
Incumbent
Assumed office Feb 2009
President	John Atta Mills
Preceded by	Esther Obeng Dapaah Minister for Lands, Forestry and Mines
Personal details
Born	(1957-02-13) February 13, 1957 Mehame, Ghana
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Profession	Teacher, Politician

Collins Dauda (born 13 February 1957) is a teacher, politician, former Ghanaian Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and currently Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing.

Early life and education

Collins Dauda was born at Mehame in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. His parents were Issaka Naaba and Mariama Issah. His secondary education was at Mim Senior High School where he obtained both the GCE Ordinary Level and the GCE Advanced Level between 1973 and 1981.^[1]

Career

Dauda taught at the Kukuom Agricultural Senior High School from 1985. In 1986, he joined the teaching staff at the Ahafoman Senior High School where he continued until 1992.

Politics

Dauda became a member of the Asutifi District Assembly between 1978 and 1981. He was a member of the Consultative Assembly that drew up the 1992 Ghana constitution between 1991 and 1992. He was first elected to parliament in the 1992 parliamentary election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress making him the first MP for the Asutifi South in the Fourth Republic. He won a second term in the 1996 parliamentary election. He however lost his seat in 2000 parliamentary election due to an allegation that he'd used black magic to kill his political rival Prof. Gyan-Amoah just a day before the general elections.^[2] He however regained the seat in 2004. 2004. During 2002 and 2004 when he was out of parliament, he was the Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Brong Ahafo Region. In February 2009, Collins Dauda was appointed Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources and reshuffled to the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing.

He is married with two wives and twelve children.

Ethnocentric comment

In August 2016, Dauda in addressing party supporters at Koforifua said that the then opposition New Patriotic Party had a long history of discriminating against Zongo people and that "We should let them know that we are not with them".^[3]

References

↑ "Hon. Alhaji Collins Dauda - Minister for Lands and Natural Resources". Government of Ghana. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
↑ Dauda, Collins. "Dauda Killed Prof Gyan-Amoah". Modern Ghana.
↑ "'NPP has never liked Zongo Communities' – Collins Dauda". Citifmonline. August 11, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.

External links and sources

Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by	Asutifi South 1993 –2001	Succeeded by Cecilia Djan Amoah
Preceded by Cecilia Djan Amoah	Asutifi South 2005 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Esther Obeng Dapaah Minister for Lands, Forestry and Mines	Minister for Lands and Natural Resources 2009 – present	Incumbent

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