Emmanuel Nee Ocansey | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Parks and Gardens | |
| In office 1965 –24 February 1966 | |
| President | Dr. Kwame Nkrumah |
| Preceded by | New |
| Succeeded by | Ministry abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Osudoku [1] | |
| In office 1956 –24 February 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Alex Kwablah [2] |
| Succeeded by | Constituency merged |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmund Nee Ocansey December 1913 Ada,Ghana,Gold Coast |
| Citizenship | Ghanaian |
| Political party | Convention People's Party |
Edmund Nee Ocansey was a Ghanaian politician. He was the member of parliament for the Osudoku constituency from 1956 to 1966. [3] [4]
Ocansey was born in December 1913 at Ada,Gold Coast (now Ghana). [5] He had his early education at Accra Royal School where he obtained his standard 7 certificate in 1935. [5] He proceeded to Tetteh's College of Commerce where he trained as a stenographer and typist and a draughtsman surveyor. [5]
He became a building contractor and subsequently established Yesnaco Building Company with some expatriates. [5] In 1946 he was elected chairman African Builders and Contractors Federation. [6]
That same year,Ocansey joined the Mambii Party then later joined the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC). [6] In 1948,he became a member of the Convention People's Party,he formed the first youth league of the party at Adabraka and became the chairman. [6] He was also the organiser and chairman of the motor despatch unit of CPP and purchased the first 12 motor cycles for unit at 5,760 cedis (then equivalent to £2,400) and bought the Accra Evening News press at 1,200 cedis (then £500) at a public auction and handed it back to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. [6] In 1952 he was elected councillor for ward 15-Adabraka. In 1953 he accompanied Nkrumah to Monrovia at the invitation of the then President of the Republic of Liberia,William Tubman. [7] In 1954 he represented the Gold Coast at the African Administrative Town Growth Conference in Cambridge. [8]
He was elected as a member of parliament for the Osudoku constituency in 1956 [9] and two years later,appointed Regional Commissioner for the Eastern Region,responsible for the Ga-Adangbe segment of the Region. [8] In 1962,he was appointed Deputy Minister for Justice and assigned responsibility of the entire administration and supervision of the Ga-Adangbe Region. [10] He was later transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture serving as deputy minister in charge of state farms and fisheries. [10] In 1963 he led the Government delegation to China and Korea for their independence anniversary celebrations. [10] In February 1965 he was appointed Minister of Parks and Gardens,a new ministry that had been created by Nkrumah. [11] [12] Ocansey served in this capacity until 24 February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.
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