Josephine Nkrumah is a Ghanaian lawyer who currently serves as the chairperson of the

National Commission for Civic Education The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) is a government agency in Ghana. It is the commission responsible for the education of Ghanaians on civic matters. The commission was established by Act 452 of the Parliament of Ghana in 1993. Setu ...

in Ghana.

Education

Nkrumah has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and French from the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

, Legon. She was called to the Ghana Bar in February 1997. She also holds a Master's of Law (LLM) Degree from the International Maritime Law Institute (IMO), Malta, specializing in Maritime Law.

Career

Nkrumah was appointed by John Mahama to serve as the deputy chairperson for the

(NCCE) in Ghana in 2015 in charge of Finance and Administration. She was subsequently promoted by

John Mahama John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who served as President of Ghana from 24 July 2012 to 7 January 2017. He previously served as Vice President of Ghana from January 2009 to July 2012, and took office as presi ...

to serve as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education in Ghana in 2016 after the chairperson,

Charlotte Osei Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei (born 1 February 1969) is the UN International Elections Commissioner, a Ghanaian lawyer and former chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana from 2015 until she was dismissed in June 2018 on grounds of financ ...

was appointed to be the Chairperson of the

Electoral Commission An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

References

Living people Ghanaian women lawyers Ghana School of Law alumni University of Ghana alumni Year of birth missing (living people) International Maritime Law Institute alumni 21st-century Ghanaian lawyers 21st-century women lawyers {{Ghana-law-bio-stub