Edmund Nee Ocansey

Edmund Nee Ocansey was a Ghanaian politician. He was the member of parliament for the Osudoku constituency from 1956 to 1966.[3][4]

Emmanuel Nee Ocansey
Minister for Parks and Gardens
In office
1965 – 24 February 1966
PresidentDr. Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byMinistry abolished
Member of Parliament
for Osudoku[1]
In office
1956 – 24 February 1966
Preceded byAlex Kwablah[2]
Succeeded byConstituency merged
Personal details
Born
Edmund Nee Ocansey

December 1913
Ada, Ghana, Gold Coast
CitizenshipGhanaian
Political partyConvention People's Party

Biography

Early life and education

Ocansey was born in December 1913 at Ada, Gold Coast (now Ghana).[5] He had his early education at Accra Royal School where he obtained his standard 7 certificate in 1935.[5] He proceeded to Tetteh's College of Commerce where he trained as a stenographer and typist and a draughtsman surveyor.[5]

Career

He became a building contractor and subsequently established Yesnaco Building Company with some expatriates.[5] In 1946 he was elected chairman African Builders and Contractors Federation.[6]

Politics

That same year, Ocansey joined the Mambii Party then later joined the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC).[6] In 1948, he became a member of the Convention People's Party, he formed the first youth league of the party at Adabraka and became the chairman.[6] He was also the organiser and chairman of the motor despatch unit of CPP and purchased the first 12 motor cycles for unit at 5,760 cedis (then equivalent to £2,400) and bought the Accra Evening News press at 1,200 cedis (then £500) at a public auction and handed it back to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.[6] In 1952 he was elected councillor for ward 15-Adabraka. In 1953 he accompanied Nkrumah to Monrovia at the invitation of the then President of the Republic of Liberia, William Tubman.[7] In 1954 he represented the Gold Coast at the African Administrative Town Growth Conference in Cambridge.[8]

He was elected as a member of parliament for the Osudoku constituency in 1956[9] and two years later, appointed Regional Commissioner for the Eastern Region, responsible for the Ga-Adangbe segment of the Region.[8] In 1962, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Justice and assigned responsibility of the entire administration and supervision of the Ga-Adangbe Region.[10] He was later transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture serving as deputy minister in charge of state farms and fisheries.[10] In 1963 he led the Government delegation to China and Korea for their independence anniversary celebrations.[10] In February 1965 he was appointed Minister of Parks and Gardens, a new ministry that had been created by Nkrumah.[11][12] Ocansey served in this capacity until 24 February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.

See also

References
  1. "Ghana Year Book 1960". Ghana Year Book. Graphic Corporation: 9. 1960. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. "Debates". Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1956. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly: 9 and v. 1965.
  4. "West Africa Annual, Issue 8". James Clarke. 1965: 79. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Ghana Year Book 1966". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 236. 1966. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. "Ghana Year Book 1966". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 238. 1966. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. "Ghana Year Book 1966". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 238. 1966. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  8. "Ghana Year Book 1966". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 238. 1966. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  9. "Debates, Part 1". Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1956: 195, 321 and 603. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. "Ghana Year Book 1966". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 236. 1966. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  11. "West Africa Annual, Issue 8". James Clarke. 1965: 77. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. "Ghana Today, Volume 9". Ghana Today. Information Section, Ghana Office: 3. 1965.
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