Summary
Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah was a Ghanaian chemist and politician. He occupied various ministerial portfolios during the first republic. He was the first deputy speaker of parliament from 1965 to 1966.
Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Ahanta[1] | |
| In office 1951–1966 | |
| Succeeded by | Richard Abusua-Yedom Quarshie |
| Minister for Labour | |
| In office 1954–1959 | |
| President | Dr. Kwame Nkrumah |
| Minister for Housing | |
| In office 1959–1960 | |
| President | Dr. Kwame Nkrumah |
| 3rd and 6th Minister for Interior | |
| In office October 1959 – October 1961 | |
| President | Kwame Nkrumah |
| Preceded by | Krobo Edusei |
| Succeeded by | Kwaku Boateng |
| In office June 1965 – February 1966 | |
| President | Kwame Nkrumah |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Rosario Abavana |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Deku |
| Minister for Health | |
| In office 1961–1963 | |
| President | Dr. Kwame Nkrumah |
| Minister for Information and Broadcasting | |
| In office 1963–1965 | |
| President | Dr. Kwame Nkrumah |
| First deputy Speaker of Parliament[2] | |
| In office 1965 – February 1966 | |
| President | Dr. Kwame Nkrumah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emmanuel Ashford Inkumsah 1900 Sekondi, Gold Coast |
| Citizenship | Ghanaian |
| Alma mater | Mfantsipim School |
Early life and education edit
Inkumsah was born in 1900 at Sekondi, in the Western Region, Gold Coast (now Ghana). His father was a traditional priest at Ahanta who converted to Methodism.[3] He started schooling at the Sekondi Methodist School and continued at Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast graduating in 1921.[4][5][6]
Career and politics edit
In January 1922 he was employed by Messrs. Miller Brothers Limited, Kumasi as an abstract clerk. In June 1922 he joined Messrs. F. & A. Swanzy Transport for six months as a stenographer typist. He was later moved to Swanzy Trading Company where he worked as a stenographer typist until 1927 when he returned to Sekondi. In Sekondi, he worked with a firm of general merchants; Pickerings & Bethod, for two and a half years. Inkumsah trained as a pharmacist from 1931 to 1934 and in December 1934 he opened his own business; the Asfordinks Drug Store in Sekondi.[4][5]
While in Sekondi, he joined the Sekondi town council and remained a member of the council for ten years. In 1949 he joined Nkrumah's Convention People's Party (CPP) at its inception. Two years later he was elected a member of parliament for the Shama Ahanta constituency on the ticket of the CPP.[7][5] He was re-elected in the various parliamentary elections that were held before and after the first republic until the overthrow of the Nkrumah government.[8][9][10][11] He was appointed Minister for Labour in 1951 and in 1959 he was appointed Minister for Housing.[12] A year later he was appointed Minister for Interior.[13] In 1961 he was made Minister for Health[14][6] and in 1963 he was appointed Minister for Information and broadcasting.[15] He served in this capacity until 1965 when he was appointed Minister for Interior[16] and the first deputy speaker of the 1965 parliament which lasted until 21 February 1966.[17]
Personal life edit
Inkumsah was married to the late Florence Inkumsah.[18] His hobbies included shooting.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1963: 22.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1966: 27.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Rathbone, Richard (2000). Nkrumah & the Chiefs: The Politics of Chieftaincy in Ghana, 1951–60. p. 21. ISBN 9780821413067.
- ^ a b White paper on the Report of the Second report of the Jiagge Commission of Enquiry into the Assets of Specified Persons (Report). Ministry if Information. 1969.
- ^ a b c d "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1959: 185.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "The New Ghana, Volume 7". Ghana Information Services Department. 1962: 29.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Michael Eli Dokosi,"How Nkrumah won the 1951 elections to become Head of Government Business from prison", blakkpepper, 10 June 2018.
- ^ Kweku Darko Ankra,"1954 Campaigns And Election Results In Ghana (Gold Coast) – Part II", My Ghana Links, 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Ghana Year Book". Daily Graphic. 1964. p. 28.
- ^ "Parliamentary debates; Official Report, Part 2". Ghana Publications Corporation. 1965: 9.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1966: 25.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Parliamentary Debates; National Assembly Official Report". Accra, Government printing department. 1957.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Rajasooria, J. P. (1972). Ghana & Nkrumah. p. 27. ISBN 9780871961914.
- ^ Steinburg, S. (1965). The Statesman's Year-Book 1963: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. p. 513. ISBN 9780230270923.
- ^ Steinburg, S. (1965). The Statesman's Year-Book 1964-65: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. p. 483. ISBN 9780230270930.
- ^ Steinburg, S. (1966). The Statesman's Year-Book 1965-66: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. p. 469. ISBN 9780230270947.
- ^ Ocran, T. M. (1978). Law in Aid of Development: Issues in Legal Theory, Institution Building, and Economic Development in Africa. p. 137.
- ^ Aryeh, Elvis (1 February 1995). "Perpetrators will face the law". Daily Graphic. Retrieved 14 August 2019.