Ebenezer Adam (1919–2011) was a Ghanaian teacher and politician. He was a member of parliament for Gulkpegu Nanton from 1960 to 1965 and the member of parliament for Tamale from 1965 to 1966. He also served as the Regional Commissioner (Regional Minister) for the Northern Region from 1964 to 1966.
Early life and education
Adam was born in 1919 at Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana (then Gold Coast). He had his early education at the Government Boarding School in Tamale from 1927 to 1934. He proceeded to
Achimota College
Achimota School ( /ɑːtʃimoʊtɑː/ ), formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. The schoo ...
and studied there from 1936 to 1939.
Career and politics
Adam worked as a teacher in Methodist mission schools in
Asokore
Asokore is a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The town is known for T.I. Ahmadiyya Girls Senior High School, Krobea-Asante Senior High and Tijjania Senior High school. These schools are second cycle institutions. Asokore is located in the ...
,
Bekwai
Bekwai is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.Kumasi and Tamale from 1940 to 1949. He gave up the teaching profession to venture politics and joined the Convention People's Party. In 1950 he was appointed propaganda secretary of the party for the Northern and Upper Regions. He worked in this capacity from 1950 to 1957. In 1957 he was a member of the first Ghanaian delegation to the United Nations. He was also a part of the 1959 and 1960 Ghanaian delegation to the United Nations. He became a local court magistrate in 1960 and in that same year he was elected into parliament to represent the Gulkpegu Nanton constituency. He represented the constituency in parliament from 1960 to 1965. In 1965 he became the member of parliament for Tamale. In 1964 he was appointed Regional Commissioner (Regional Minister) for the Northern Region. He served in this capacity until 1966 when the
Nkrumah government
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and first President of Ghana. Nkrumah had run governments under the supervision of the British government through Charles Arden-Clarke, the Governor-General. His first government under colonial r ...
was overthrown.
Personal life
Adam was married with 12 children. His hobbies were reading and travelling.
Death
He died on 29 August 2011 at the Tamale Teaching Hospital after a short illness.
See also
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List of MPs elected in the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election
This is a list of members of parliament appointed to represent the various constituencies of Ghana in 1965.
Composition
In 1964 a constitutional amendment was passed by the CPP majority in parliament to make the country a One-party state. All mem ...