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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was born in Swalaba, a suburb of Accra, Ghana, in 1944, to Adeline Akufo-Addo and Edward Akufo-Addo, members of the prominent Ofori-Atta family. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] His father Edward Akufo-Addo from Akropong-Akuapem was Ghana's third Chief Justice from 1966 to 1970, chairman of the 1967–68 Constitutional Commission and ...
This is a listing of the ministers who are currently serving in the New Patriotic Party government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Ghana originally formed on 7 January 2017 following the winning of the December 2016 general election when Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party became president.
Adeline Akufo-Addo, née Nana Yeboakua Ofori-Atta (1917 – 2004), daughter of Ofori-Atta I, wife of second republic president of Ghana Edward Akufo-Addo, and mother of Nana Akufo-Addo; Jones Ofori Atta (1937– 2020), economist and politician, Deputy Minister of Finance, 1969–1972; Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944), politician and 13th President ...
He was the brother of Dr J. B. Danquah (a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention).He was the father of Aaron Ofori-Atta (the fourth Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, a Minister of Communications and Minister of Local Government), Adeline Akufo-Addo (First Lady under the Second Republic), William Ofori Atta (a Minister of Foreign Affairs, Presidential Candidate of the UNC), Dr ...
Nana Akufo-Addo was accused of lifting parts of his inauguration speech from previous addresses given by former US presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush. [1] [2] [3] This led to a public uproar with some deeming it as an embarrassment to the country and calling for the sacking of the speechwriter or for someone to take responsibility.
COVID-19 policy of the Nana Akufo-Addo administration (2 P) Pages in category "Presidency of Nana Akufo-Addo" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
He was chosen as the NPP candidate in June 2020. This was the third time Akufo-Addo and John Mahama contested against each other in a Ghanaian general election. Mahama and Akufo-Addo previously ran against each other in both 2012 (with Mahama winning) and 2016 (with Akufo-Addo winning). [147] In all, 17 candidates contested for the election. [148]
The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was an early nationalist movement with the aim of self-government " in the shortest possible time" founded in August 1947 by educated Africans such as J.B. Danquah, A.G. Grant, R.A. Awoonor-Williams, Edward Akufo Addo (all lawyers except for Grant, who was a wealthy businessman), and others, the leadership of the organisation called for the replacement ...