Document #1316046
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The Europa Year Book for 1981 reports that
the Minister of Agriculture in the Government of Dr. Hilla Limann
was Dr. E.K. Andah. [ Europa Year Book 1981: A World Survey,
Vol.2. (London: Europa Publications Ltd., 1981), p.380.] However,
Keesing's Contemporary Archives Record of World Events reports that
the Minister of Agriculture was Mr. N.Y. Agbesi. The IRBDC at this
time has no documentation reporting that either was executed. There
were, however, detentions of ministers of the Limann Government
(including Limann and his vice-president), following the 31
December coup. [ U.S. Department of State Country Reports for
1982, (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983),
p.125] Keesing's reports that on 22 October 1982 a number of
ministers and deputy ministers, including N.Y. Agbesi former
Minister for Agriculture, were released from detention by order of
the PNDC. [ Robert Fraser, ed., Keesing's Contemporary Archives
Record of World Events, Vol.XXIX (United Kingdom: Longman Group
Ltd., 1983), p.32548.]
The IRBDC has no information at this time
on the meaning of "Amanfo".