Nkrumah government

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and first President of Ghana.

In February 1966 his government was overthrown by the National Liberation Council military coup.

A referendum in February 1964 on Ghana becoming a one-party state resulted in a landslide victory for the Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP government.

[12] A year later in June 1965, all 198 candidates of the CPP for parliament were elected unopposed.

[13] In February 1965, Nkrumah reshuffled made a big change to his government.

First cabinet of Kwame Nkrumah in 1957
Standing (L to R): J. H. Allassani , N. A. Welbeck , Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta , Ebenezer Ako-Adjei , J.E. Jantuah , Imoru Egala
Sitting (L to R): A. Casely-Hayford , Kojo Botsio , Kwame Nkrumah , Komla Agbeli Gbedemah , E.O. Asafu-Adjaye ;