Prosper Douglas Kwaku Bani (born 17 September, 1958) is a Ghanaian international aid and development manager and politician who is a former Chief of staff of Ghana[1][2] and a former Minister for Interior.
Within that period he rose to become a senior lecturer and Director of studies through that role he contributed to the training of leading journalists and media managers in Ghana.
[7] Between 2011 and 2012, Bani led the United Nations / Intergovernmental Authority on Development inter-ministerial response to the humanitarian crises in Horn of Africa as the Senior Recovery Advisor and Manager.
[10] He served in that capacity for 2 years until 15 February 2015 when he was removed from office and replaced with the then local government and rural development minister Julius Debrah.
[13][14][15][16] After his removal of office as chief of staff, Bani still worked as part of government as he was performing sod cutting ceremonies along with other officials in the Volta region especially within the Kpando Municipality.
[24] Bani built and donated a Mother and Baby Unit to Margaret Marquart Catholic Hospital in Kpando in the Volta Region in October 2019.
[25][26][27] In September 2018, Bani was appointed as the board chairman of the Dialysis Services Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization aimed at providing for the medical expenses of patients with kidney failures.
Bani; Review of Ihonvbere, Julius O., Nigeria: The Politics of Adjustment and Democracy, New Brunswick, NJ and London, UK; transaction Publishers 1994.