Early life and education
Wemah was born on 21 May 1917 at Tamale in the Northern Region. He had his early education at Tamale Government Boarding School from 1927 to 1934 and continued atCareer and ambassadorial appointments
In January 1941 Wemah entered the Gold Coast Civil Service and served in that capacity for about three (3) years. He later taught at the Tamale Government Teacher Training College as a pioneer staff from 1944 to 1953. From 1953 to 1957, he was an Assistant Education Officer. In 1957, he worked at the Local Government Administration of the Tamale Urban Council. A year later, he returned to the Ghana Civil Service (then Gold Coast Civil Service) working as an Administrative Officer of Regional Organisation in Tamale until 1960. He was first stationed at Bole District, West Gonja in December 1958 and later posted to the Regional Office in Tamale in September 1959. In 1961 Wemah was appointed Ghana's ambassador to Upper Volta ( Burkina Faso), he served in this capacity until 1964 when he was appointed Ghana's ambassador to Bulgaria. In July 1966, he was appointed Ghana's ambassador to the United Arab Republic (UAR) and served in that capacity until 1969. In April 1967 as an ambassador he was the leader of the Ghana delegation to the conference of Ministers of Social Welfare held in Cairo. In 1969 he was appointed Commissioner for Secretariats and Special Departments and State Protocol. Later that year, he was made Ghana Ambassador to Mali. His tenure as Ghana's ambassador to Mali ended in 1974.Personal life
Wemah was chairman of the Tamale branch of the Red Cross from 1957 to 1958. He had two wives and eight children. His hobbies included recreations, cycling, gardening and photography.See also
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abu Wemah, George 1917 births Ambassadors of Ghana to Mali Ghanaian civil servants Ghanaian diplomats Year of death missing