Former NDC Chairman Kwabena Adjei dead

Former National Chairman of the opposition NDC Dr. Kwabena Adjei has died.

He died Tuesday morning at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, formerly Ridge hospital, a highly placed source revealed.

Dr. Kwabena Adjei who led the opposition NDC party as chairman to win power in 2008 had been battling with a protracted sickness.

He died three days after marking his 76^th birthday on March 9, 2019.

Nick named ‘Wayoo! Wayo’ Dr Kwabena Adjei a native of Nkonya Ntsumuru in the Volta Region who was born on 9th March 1943, lectured in Universities in Ghana and Nigeria in the 1970s to 80s before he entered mainstream politics.

He holds a PhD (Research Methods & Statistics in Psychology): from the University
of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.

UNIVERSITY TEACHING

Full-Time Teaching Engagements

1981/1986: Senior Lecturer in Psychology & Sociology, University of
Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
1974/1981: Lecturer in Psychology, University Of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
1974/1976: Lecturer, Educational/Child Psychology, University of Cape
Coast.
Lecturer, External Degree Centre, Institute of Adult Education,
Accra, Ghana.
Lecturer, School of Social Welfare, Osu, Accra.

POLITICAL ADMINISRATION

1978/1979: Elected Council Member: Jasikan District Council, Jasikan,
Volta, Region, Ghana.
1979-1981: Parliamentary Candidate Biakoye for the Popular Front Party

1986-1987: PNDC Deputy Secretary (Deputy Minister of State) for the Volta Region, Republic Of Ghana.
1987-1992: PNDC Deputy Secretary (Deputy Minister of State) for Industries, Science & Technology, Republic Of Ghana.
1998/1992: Member Of Committee Of Secretaries (The PNDC Cabinet),

1992: Key Member since the founding of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 1992.
1993/1996: Member of Parliament (MP) for the Biakoye Constituency,
Parliament of the 4th Republic Of Ghana.
1993/1994: First Deputy Majority Chief Whip: Parliament of the 4th
Republic of Ghana.
1994: Majority Chief Whip: Parliament of the 4th Republic of
Ghana.
1994: Deputy Minister for Lands & Forestry: Republic Of Ghana.
1994/1996: Minister for Lands & Forestry: Republic Of Ghana.
1996/2000: Member of Parliament (MP) for the Biakoye, Parliament of
the 4th Republic of Ghana.
1997/1998: Cabinet Minister for Lands & Forestry, Republic of Ghana.
1998: Cabinet Minister for Food & Agriculture, Republic of Ghana.
1998/2000: Leader of The House (Majority Leader): Parliament of 4th
Republic of Ghana.
1998/2000: Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Forth Republic of Ghana
Chairman of Business Committee, Parliament of the 4th
Republic of Ghana.
¬¬ Member of Select Committee, Parliament of the 4th
Republic of Ghana.
2001/2004: Member of Parliament (MP) for the Biakoye Constituency,
Parliament Of The Fourth Republic of Ghana.
Member of Finance Committee, Parliament, Republic of the
4th Republic of Ghana
Member of Health Committee, Parliament of the 4th Republic
of Ghana.
2005 Till Date: National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
2009 Till Date: Chairman of Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).