Dr Cassiel Ato Forson
Ghanaian MP, Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Baah Forson is a Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament for the Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam constituency.
Born on August 5, 1978, in Ajumako Besease, Central Ghana. Ato Forson has a wife and he is blessed with four children.
Ato Forson has also been one of Ghana’s youngest, yet influential Deputy Ministers for Finance serving from April 2013 to January 2017.
He also served as a member of Ghana’s Economic Management Team, the Board of Directors of the Bank of Ghana, Board of Ghana Cocoa Board, and was Ghana’s Alternate Governor at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
His expertise was also brought to light when he chaired the Committee that implemented the Ghana Integrated Financial
Management Information System Reforms (GIFMIS).
Education
In September 2020, he graduated with a PhD in Business and Management (financial option) from Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
The MP held two master’s degrees before receiving the doctorate: one in economics from KNUST and one in taxation from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
He received his first accounting degree from London’s South Bank University.
Dr. Forson is a chartered accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ghana.
He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Ghana.
Politics
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is where Forson is a member. Since 2009, he has served as the Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam constituency’s NDC Member of Parliament. He is the Majority Leader at the moment.
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He has also been named as the Finance Minister-designate and if confirmed as the Minister, he will need to relinquish his role as the majority leader in Parliament.
Dr. Ato Forson during the first tenure of President John Dramani Mahama served as a deputy minister for finance from 2013 to 2016.
Family
Hon. Ato Forson is a Christian. He is married with four children whose identities are not known to the general public.
Controversy
The politician almost went to jail under the Nana Addo-led administration for allegedly causing financial loss to the state.
He was alleged to have caused financial loss to Ghana in a procurement of 200 ambulances between 2014 and 2016.
In July 2024, the Appeals Court did not set aside the High Court’s decision for Forson and the two others to open their defence, it also acquitted and discharged them of all the charges.
Source: GhanaRegions.com
