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of Ghana. She proceeded to the University of Ghana and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Modern History. She holds a master's degree in Public Administration from the School of Administration of the University of Ghana and a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Public Relations from the School of Communication Studies. In 1981 she enlisted into the Ghana Prisons Service prior to graduating from the Military Academy and Training School in
Teshie
Teshie is a coastal town in the Ledzokuku Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of southeastern Ghana. Teshie is the ninth most populous settlement in Ghana, with a population of 171,875 people.
Politics
Teshie is in the ...
in June 1982. Her training in security resulted in her schooling at
LBJ School of Public Affairs
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs (or LBJ School of Public Affairs) is a graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin that was founded in 1970 to offer training in public policy analysis and administration for students that ar ...
, University of Texas at Austin and at the International Management Training Centre, Worthing.
After years of service she was made the head of public relations at the Prisons Headquarters and then the Chief Welfare Officer. She headed several female prisons in Ghana including the
Nsawam
Nsawam is a town in south Ghana and is the capital of the Nsawam-Adoagyire Municipal District, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. The main ethnic group is Akan, followed by Ga and then Ewe.United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
Director General of Ghana Prisons Service
In March 2013, then President of Ghana, John Atta Mills, upon the advice of the Prisons Service Council, appointed her as Acting Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service. She replaced Michael Kofi Bansah who had retired and had been in charge of Finance and Administration of the Service. The acting position was made substantive in November 2018. She retired in January 2016 and was replaced by
Emmanuel Yao Adzator
Emmanuel Yao Adzator is a Ghanaian security expert. He was appointed by President John Dramani Mahama as the director general of the Ghana Prisons Service. He was succeeded by Patrick Darko Missah in March 2017.
Education
Emmanuel Adzator had ...