A former National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Kwabena Adjei, has passed.
He died Tuesday morning at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, formerly Ridge hospital, a highly placed source at the party confirmed to otecfmghana.com.
The politician who was the chairman when the NDC won power in 2008 had been battling with a protracted sickness.
He died three days after marking his 76th birthday on March 9, 2019.
Dr. Adjei graduated with a PhD (Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology) from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K in 1973.
He ventured into politics in 1978, getting elected as a Council Member of the Jasikan District Council in the Volta region.
PROFILE
Family Name: ADJEI
Birth Name: KWABENA
Nick Names: Wayoo! Wayo!!; “Kill the Cat”
Titles: Dr
Date of Birth: 9th March 1943
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: Nkonya
Home Town: Nkonya Ntsumuru
Region: Volta Region
Nationality: Ghanaian
Profession: Academia, Politics & Business.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
1978: MBA (Marketing Option): University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
1973 PhD (Research Methods & Statistics in Psychology): University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
1970: BA (Hons) Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
1964/65: GCE “A” Level—London (Private Tuition), British School of Careers, UK.
1964: GCE “O” Level—London (Private Tuition), Rapid Results College, UK.
1960: MSLC—West African Examinations Council, Accra, Ghana.
OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND
UNIVERSITY TEACHING
Full-Time Teaching Engagements
1981/1986: Senior Lecturer in Psychology & Sociology, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
1974/1981: Lecturer in Psychology, University Of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
1974/1976: Lecturer, Educational/Child Psychology, University of Cape Coast.
Lecturer, External Degree Centre, Institute of Adult Education, Accra, Ghana.
Lecturer, School of Social Welfare, Osu, Accra.
Free Utility Teaching Engagements
1981/1986: Lecturer in Social Psychology of Communication, University of Maiduguri Borno, State Nigeria.
Lecturer in Research Methods in Political Science for MA Degree Students, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
1974/80: Lecturer in Introductory Psychology for Nursing Students, University of Ghana, Legon.
Lecturer in Introductory Psychology for Certificate Courses in Prisons Administration, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
COURSES TAUGHT WHILE IN ACADEMIA
1. Psychology
a. Experimental Psychology
b. Industrial Psychology
c. Social Psychology
d. Abnormal Psychology
2. Social Statistics for Social Scientists
3. Social Research Methods
4. Sociology & Anthropology
5. Communications
POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION
1978/1979: Elected Council Member: Jasikan District Council, Jasikan, Volta, Region, Ghana.
1979-1981: Parliamentary Candidate Biakoye for the Popular Front Party
1986-1987: PNDC Deputy Secretary (Deputy Minister of State) for the Volta Region, Republic Of Ghana.
1987-1992: PNDC Deputy Secretary (Deputy Minister of State) for Industries, Science & Technology, Republic Of Ghana.
1998/1992: Member Of Committee Of Secretaries (The PNDC Cabinet)
1992: Key Member since the founding of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 1992.
1993/1996: Member of Parliament (MP) for the Biakoye Constituency, Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
1993/1994: First Deputy Majority Chief Whip: Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
1994: Majority Chief Whip: Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
1994: Deputy Minister for Lands & Forestry: Republic of Ghana.
1994/1996: Minister for Lands & Forestry: Republic of Ghana.
1996/2000: Member of Parliament (MP) for the Biakoye, Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
1997/1998: Cabinet Minister for Lands & Forestry, Republic of Ghana.
1998: Cabinet Minister for Food & Agriculture, Republic of Ghana.
1998/2000: Leader of The House (Majority Leader): Parliament of 4th Republic of Ghana.
1998/2000: Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Forth Republic of Ghana Chairman of Business Committee, Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
Member of Select Committee, Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
2001/2004: Member of Parliament (MP) for the Biakoye Constituency, Parliament of The Fourth Republic of Ghana.
Member of Finance Committee, Parliament, Republic of the 4th Republic of Ghana
Member of Health Committee, Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
International assignments:
1987/1992: Ghana’s Accredited Delegate to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria
1998: Chairman WARDA (West Africa Rice Development Association), Sierra Leone.
1994/1996: Head of Ghana Delegation: International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
1998: Head of Ghana Delegation: Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy.
1998-2000: Head of Ghana Delegations to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conferences in the UK and Trinidad & Tobago
Head of Ghana Delegation: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Berlin, Germany.
2009: Member of the President’s Delegation to the UK.
2009: NDC Representative, Socialist International Meeting in Dakar Senegal.
2009: NDC Representative Socialist International Meeting in Vienna, Austria
2009: NDC Representative Socialist International Meeting in Budva, Montenegro.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com
