By Iddi Yire
Accra, Jan 21, GNA – Mrs Joyce Adishetu Bawah Mogtari has been appointed by President John Dramani Mahama as Presidential Adviser and a Special Aide to the President.
Mrs Mogtari is a Nippon Foundation Scholar with a Master of Laws Degree (LLM) in International Maritime Transport Law from the prestigious International Maritime Organization (IMO) – International Maritime Law Institute in Malta.
She is a recipient of the IMO – Legal Committee Chairman’s coveted award for the best student in International Maritime Transportation Law and a Certificate of Excellence in Maritime Administration and Management.
She holds a Qualifying Certificate in Law (QCL) and is qualified for Law Practice both in Ghana and in England and Wales, and is a Partner in the law firm, Praetorium Solicitors.
Mrs Mogtari is a member of the Ghana Bar Association, the African Women Lawyers Association, the Women in International Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA), a Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics (CILT) Ghana, and a graduate of the US International Visitor Leadership Programme.
She has sterling leadership qualities, is a team lead par excellence, a public speaker and communicator, a gender activist, and a good governance, peace, and security policy practice advocate.
She is a proud product of three of Ghana’s foremost secondary schools Wesley Girls’ High School, St Francis Girls’ Secondary School, and Tamale Secondary School. She also holds a Master of Arts (MA) in international security and conflict resolution from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Institute, a Master of Arts degree in Development Communications, and a management certificate in Maritime Law with over 20 years of post-qualification experience.
Mrs Mogtari served as Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Transport from May 2013 to January 2017.
She was responsible for the formulation, dissemination, and implementation of the Government’s transportation policy for the 15 transport sector agencies under the supervision of the Transport Ministry, she had oversight responsibility for aviation, maritime, inland waterways, railways, and road transport services.
Before she was appointed deputy minister, Joyce served as Director, Legal and Estates, and Solicitor Secretary of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, a Ghana Club 100 Company.
Mrs Mogtari is adventurous, a dreamer, and is inspired by her family.
She has recently become a contributor to a book, A Compendium of Stories.
Her hobbies include coaching, reading, writing, traveling, and exercising.
Joyce is married and is blessed with four children.
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