Horace Walter Kofi-Sackey was a Ghanaian lawyer and a politician who served as member of parliament in the Second Republic representing Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1] He also held office as Ministerial Secretary (deputy minister) for Works in the Busia government.[2]
Horace Walter Kofi Sackey | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Bantama Constituency | |
| In office 1969–1972 | |
| Preceded by | Sulemanu Kwame Tandoh |
| Succeeded by | Kwabena Adai Mensah |
| Ministerial Secretary for Works | |
| In office 1969–1972 | |
| President | Edward Akufo-Addo |
| Prime Minister | Kofi Abrefa Busia |
| Minister | Samuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Horace Walter Kofi-Sackey 2 August 1932 Gold Coast |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Early life and education
editKofi-Sackey was born on 2 September 1932. He was educated at the Accra Academy from 1947 to 1950. He proceeded to Achimota College from 1950 to 1952 for his sixth form education. He continued at the London School of Economics, a constituent college of the University of London from 1954 to 1957.[3]
Career and politics
editKofi-Sackey was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn[4] on 24 June 1958 and the Ghana bar on 24 July 1958.[5] He entered private legal practice that same year. He practised in Kumasi.[6] He was a member of the Ashanti Bar Association (the Ashanti Regional branch of the Ghana Bar Association)[7] and also became president of the association.[3]
In 1969, he was elected as a member of parliament for Bantama[8] a constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on the ticket of the Progress Party. He contested with Bonsu Osei-Tutu of the National Alliance of Liberals and Samuel Kwabena Danso of the United Nationalist Party.[9] That same year he was appointed deputy minister for Works.[10][11][12] He served in that position until 1972[5] when the Busia government was overthrown.
He and other top officials of the then erstwhile Progress Party were arrested without trial and detained for fifteen months.[13] A ban was formally placed on all political parties and political activities on 16 January 1972, three days after the coup d'état.[14] A committee was set up to investigate the assets of top officials of the party of which he was included on 9 February 1972.[15] The adverse findings levelled against him and other party members by the committee were revoked by a review tribunal in 1979. He and some members of the party namely; Haruna Esseku, Bukari Adama and Alhaji Bukari consequently filed petitions against the adverse findings of the committee which was in turn dismissed by the tribunal.[16]
Personal life
editKofi-Sackey married Valerie Lindoe in 1957. She was head of the Castle Information Bureau during the Provisional National Defence Council era. Valerie Sackey was a teacher at Opoku Ware School; and also an officer with the Department of Game and Wildlife.[17][18][19][20] They had three children; Michael, Joseph and Anne.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Telephone Directory". National government publication. 1974. p. 171.
- ^ Martinson, H. B. (2001). Ghana: The Dream of the 21st Century : Politics of J.B. Danquah, Busia and Kufuor Tradition. Norcento Press. p. 71. ISBN 9789988776763.
- ^ a b c Danquah, Moses (1969). "The Birth of the Second Republic". p. 104.
- ^ Baildon, W. P.; Walker, J. D.; Roxburgh, Ronald (2001). The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn: 1914–1965. Lincoln's Inn. p. 785. ISBN 9780954061906.
- ^ a b Osei, J. K. (1974). "Your Guide to the Kumasi City". p. 50.
- ^ Agyemang, Eddie (12 July 1969). "No Case Against Mrs. Edusei: Counsel Submits". Daily Graphic. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Ghana Bar Bulletin, Volume 1". Ghana Bar Association. 1988. p. 93.
- ^ "Ghana Year Book". Graphic Corporation. 1970. p. 55.
- ^ "The Legon Observer, Volume 4, Issues 18–26". Legon Society on National Affairs. 1969. p. 8.
- ^ "Parliamentary debates : official report". Ghana Publications Corporation. 1970. p. 433.
- ^ "Ghana Year Book 1971". Graphic Corporation. 1971. p. 53.
- ^ "Ghana Business Guide". Business Publications. 1969. p. 6.
- ^ Ghana : 50 years of independence. 2013. ISBN 9781462837618.
- ^ "Political Handbook and Atlas of the World". Council on Foreign Relations. 1973. p. 45.
- ^ Taylor Assets Committee (1976). Report of the Taylor Assets Committee Appointed Under N.R.C. (investigation and Forfeiture of Assets) Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 19) to Enquire into the Assets of Scheduled Persons, Volume 1, Issue 1. p. ii.
- ^ "Africa Research Bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series, Volumes 16–17". Blackwell. 1979. p. 5231.
- ^ "Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Issues 31–36". Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1986. p. 19.
- ^ Hasty, Jennifer (2005). The press and political culture in Ghana. p. 171. ISBN 0253111358.
- ^ "Ghana Newsletter, Volume 8". Dutch Ghana Committee. 1989. p. 10.
- ^ Hasty, Jennifer (1991). Worse than South Africa : hypocrisy in African politics. p. 117. ISBN 9780951801307.