Amon Nikoi
Amon Nikoi A.E.K. Ashiabor | |
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Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations | |
In office 1957–1960 | |
President | Kwame Nkrumah |
Personal details | |
Born | Seth Amon Nikoi 19 January 1930 Ph.D.) |
Occupation | |
Amon Nikoi, born Seth Amon Nikoi,
Early life and education
Nikoi was born in the Accra suburb of La on 19 January 1930 to Ga parents.[6] His father, Gottfried Ashaley Nikoi was a civil servant while his mother, Agnes Betty Oboshie Quao was a teacher and a textiles trader. Amon Nikoi's maternal great-grandfather, Nii Ngleshie Addy I was the oldest son of Nii Tetteh Tsuru I, the founder and ruler of the Otuopai Clan, a royal house in Ga Mashie.
Amon Nikoi had his primary and middle education at the Roman Catholic Jubilee School in
Career
From 1957 to 1960, he worked with the Commonwealth and Foreign Service as an economic and political affairs secretary-
The Ghanaian government selected and confirmed him as the new governor and chairman of the board of directors of the Bank of Ghana in March 1973 until his forced retirement in June 1977 by the military government, National Redemption Council (NRC) led by Army General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.[5][6][9]
When constitutional rule returned in 1979, the Third Republican government of the Hilla Limann-led People's National Party (PNP) made him Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and later, a presidential advisor.[6] He entered private practice as an Economic and Financial Consultant to various private sector firms and public institutions both home and abroad.[5][6] He was also the chairman of Ashanti Goldfields Company (AGC) and Grains Warehousing Company.[5][6]
In recognition of his services to Ghana in
Personal life and family
He was married to
Death and funeral
Nikoi died of
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- ^ a b Nikoi, Amon (1956). Indirect rule and government in Gold Coast Colony 1844-1954; a study in the history, ecology and politics of administration in a changing society. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.
- ISBN 9780595146277.
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