National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Mahama picked Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as running mate for the 2020 general elections on Monday July 6, 2020.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang was the Minister for Education under Mahama’s government from January 2013-2017.
She is the first female Vice-Presidential candidate a major political party in Ghana has presented for a general election under the 4th republic.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang is a veteran educationist. She became the first female Vice Chancellor of a public university in Ghana when she was appointed to head the University of Cape Coast in 2008.
Until her political appointment, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang was the incumbent Board Chair of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE). She has been a FAWE member since 2014.
The professor has served on many local and international boards and committees which include the Centre for Democratic Governance, (CDD-Ghana), the Africa Initiative in Canada, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons as Eminent Citizen.
She has been acknowledged for Outstanding Performance in Advancing International Education by the School for International Training, USA on two occasions.
Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang was born on 22nd November 1951 in Cape Coast. She attended Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Koforidua, Aburi Presby Girls’ School and Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast.
The professor has a Bachelor of Education degree in French and English, a Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast; a Diploma in Advanced Studies in French from the University of Dakar as well as an MA and PhD in Literature from York University, Toronto, Canada.
She has three children and two adorable grandchildren.
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SOURCE: Kasatintin.com
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