Tawia Adamafio (born Joseph Tawia Adams)[1] was a Ghanaian minister in the Nkrumah government during the first republic of Ghana.
Adamafio was a member of the Convention People's Party and rose to become its General Secretary.
[2] In 1960, he was appointed the Information and Broadcasting Minister by Nkrumah.
[5] Adamafio was one of the close associates of Kwame Nkrumah who stood trial for treason following the Kulungugu grenade attempt on his life.
[7] The trial judges were Kobina Arku Korsah, at the time the Chief Justice of Ghana and two Supreme Court judges, William Van Lare and Edward Akufo-Addo who later became Chief Justice of Ghana and then President of Ghana during the second republic.