HC Deb 21 March 1951 vol 485 c294W
96. Mr. Sorensen

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make available the academic and other qualifications of leading members of the new Gold Coast Assembly.

Mr. J. Griffiths

I am informed that the following qualifications are possessed by the Representative Members of the Executive Council, who are drawn from the Legislative Assembly:

  • Kwame Nkrumah—M.A. (Philosophy) and M.Sc. (Education) University of Pennsylvania.
  • A. Casely Hayford—Qualified in the United Kingdom as Barrister-at-Law.
  • K. A. Gbedemah—Educated Achimota College. Former Schoolmaster.
  • K. Botsio—B.A., Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, 1944. Diploma in Education, Oxford.
  • T. Hutton-Mills—Qualified in the United Kingdom as Barrister-at-Law.
  • Dr. Ansali Kai—Qualified Medical Practitioner, M.R.C.S., M.R.C.P.
  • E. O. Asafu-Adjaye—B.A., University College, London. Qualified in the United Kingdom as Barrister-at-Law.
  • J. A. Braimoh—Educated Tamale Government School, Kabachewura, and Secretary, Gonja Native Authority.