Leader of the main opposition New Patriotic
Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, turns 72
years today.
Born March 29, 1944, in Swalaba, Accra, Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was raised in Accra,
Ghana’s capital. His father’s residence in
Accra was effectively the headquarters of the
country’s first political party, the United Gold
Coast Convention (UGCC), after it was formed
at Saltpond on August 4, 1947. Three of the
Big Six (founding fathers of Ghana) were
Nana’s blood relatives: J.B Danquah (grand
uncle), William Ofori Atta (uncle) and Edward
Akufo-Addo, who became the third Chief
Justice and later ceremonial President of the
Republic from 1970-72, was his father.
Akufo-Addo had his primary education at the
Government Boys School and later Rowe Road
School both in Accra Central. Nana went on to
England to study for his O- Level and A- Level
examinations. He returned to Ghana in 1962 to
teach at the Accra Academy before going to
the University of Ghana in 1964 to read
Economics.
After graduating as an economist, he went on
to read law in the UK and was called to the
English Bar (Middle Temple) in July 1971 and
the Ghana Bar in 1975.
He is married to Rebecca, daughter of the
Speaker of the Parliament of the Third
Republic of Ghana, the late Mr. Justice J.H
Griffiths-Randolph. They have five children,
with five grandchildren, and are both devout
Church-going Christians.
All Ghanaians and the entire world wish him Happy birthday.
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