As
a child, Annan's primary education occurred at
the Mfantsipim School, a Methodist institution
in Ghana. "There, I was privileged to have
teachers who understood the value of knowledge
infused with a moral purpose," he said. "They
knew that learning and education are the strongest
bulwarks against evil and ignorance. "And
they taught me, in the spirit of faith,"
he added, "that suffering anywhere concerns
people everywhere and that the light of one candle
can truly illuminate the world." More
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Dr
K. A Busia (Prime Minister of Ghana: 2nd Republic)
Kofi
Abrefa Busia: 1913–78, political leader
in Ghana. He was educated in Africa and in England
and taught sociology in African, American, and
European universities in the 1950s and 60s. He
served (1951–59) in Ghana’s national
assembly, where he was opposition leader against
Nkrumah. In 1969 he became prime minister when
his Progress party triumphed in the elections.
Busia's government was overthrown in 1972. He
died in Great Britain. More
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Dr
Quaison Sackey (Elected President of the 19th
Session Un General Assembly)
Alex
Quaison-Sackey, Born in Winneba, Ghana (then the
Gold Coast) on the 9th of August 1924, Mr. Quaison-Sackey
attended Mfantsipim School at Cape Coast and continued
his studies at Achimota College.
In 1948, he was President of the Political Youth
Organization in Winneba in the struggle for the
Independence of Ghana. In England, he studied
for an honours Degree in Philosophy, Politics
and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford, from
1949 to 1952. Full
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Minister
in for Private Sector Development & PSI
The Member of Parliament
(MP) for Ablekuma North, and the Minister for
Private Sector Development, Hon. Kwamina Bartels,
was born on October 27, 1947, at Agona Swedru,
in the Central Region. He had his secondary education
at Secondi College, Nungua Secondary School and
Mfantsipim School between 1961 and 1968, where
he sat for the G.C.E. Ordinary and Advanced Level
Examinations.Mr. Bartels gained admission into
the University of Ghana in 1968, where he studied
law. After obtaining a Bachelor of Law degree
in 1971, he studied at the Ghana School of Law
to become a professional lawyer.
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Honourable
Paapa Owusu Ankomah(Cabinet Minister for Interior)
Honourable Paapa Owusu-Ankomah
was born on April 27th, 1957 at Sekondi. He comes
from Dixcove in the Ahanta West. Between 1969 and
1976, Paapa Owusu Ankomah was at Mfantsipim School
in Cape Coast, where he obtained both his G.C.E
O’ Level and A’ Level certificates.
He gained admission
to the University of Ghana, Legon in 1976 and came
out with LLB.(Hons) in 1979. He later proceeded
to the Ghana School of Law in 1979 and became a
barrister at law after completing the course in
1981 and was called to the bar the same year. Full
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