{"id":26886,"date":"2025-01-22T14:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=26886"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:53:26","slug":"education-profile-of-ghanaian-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-ghanaian-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Education profile of Ghanaian President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was born on 29 March 1944 in\u00a0Swalaba, a suburb of Accra. He is a politician and a lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He began his primary education at the Government Boys School and Rowe Road School (now Kinbu) in Accra. He then attended Holmewood House Preparatory School in the UK, followed by Lancing College in Sussex for his O-Level and A-Level examinations. In 1962, Akufo-Addo enrolled in the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program at New College, Oxford, but left shortly thereafter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ghana-president-Nana-Addo-Dankwa-Akufo-Addo-2018.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26887\" style=\"width:480px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ghana-president-Nana-Addo-Dankwa-Akufo-Addo-2018.webp 400w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ghana-president-Nana-Addo-Dankwa-Akufo-Addo-2018-300x225.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Returning to Ghana, he taught at Accra Academy before pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Economics at the University of Ghana, Legon, graduating in 1967. 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