Edward Ago-Ackam

Edward Ago-Ackam was a Ghanaian politician. He was a member of parliament for the Dangbe-Shai electoral area from 1956 to 1965.[4] In 1965 he became the member of parliament for the Dangbe constituency until February 1966.[5]

Edward Ago-Ackam
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Dangbe[1]
In office
1965–1966
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Dangbe-Shai[2]
In office
1956–1965
Preceded byClarkson Thomas Nylander[3]
Succeeded byJonathan Tetteh Ofei
Personal details
Born
Edward Ago-Ackam

(1899-11-30)November 30, 1899
Ningo, Gold Coast
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyConvention People's Party

Early life and education

Ago-Ackam was born on 30 November 1899 at Ningo in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana (then Gold Coast). He studied at the Wesleyan Mission School in Kpong.[6][7]

Career and politics

Ago-Ackam was a clerk and a storekeeper for Messrs Millers,  F and A Swanzy A. and E.T.C., and U.A.C. from 1921 to 1948. He later joined Messrs A.G. Leventis and Company Limited from 1949 to 1956.[7] In 1950 he was the vice chairman of the Convention People's Party and in 1953 he doubled as the chairman of the Ningo Area Committee.[7] He served in these positions until 1956 when he was nominated by the CPP to represent the Dangbe Shai electoral area in the Legislative Assembly.[8] He replaced Clarkson Thomas Nylander who had represented the Dangbe-Shai area on the ticket of the CPP from 1954 to 1956.[9] Nylander from 1956 onwards represented the Ga Rural electoral area. Ago-Ackam won the Dangbe-Shai seat and remained in parliament representing the area from 1956 until 1965.[7][10] In 1965, the constituency was split into the Dangbe constituency and the Shai constituency. Ago-Ackam became the member of parliament for the Dangbe constituency from 1965 to February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.

Personal life

Ago-Ackam's hobbies included reading and gardening.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Ghana Year Book". Daily Graphic. 1966. p. 22.
  2. "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1". Ghana National Assembly. 1963: ii. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Debates". Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1956. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Ghana Year Book". Daily Graphic. 1961. p. 12.
  5. "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Ghana National Assembly. 1965: iii. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1962: 182. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1962: 182. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "Gold Coast Gazette, Part 1". Government Print Office. 1956: 852. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "Debates, Issue 2". Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1954: 2. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. "Debates, Part 2". Information Section, Ghana Office. 1956: xii. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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