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John Coleman DeGraft-Johnson (21 March 1919, in Accra, died 1977) was a Ghanaian historian, philosopher, author, economist, diplomat and statesman.[1][2]
Education[edit]
DeGraft-Johnson attended Mfantsipim School in the Gold Coast, now Ghana, a former British colony. DeGraft-Johnson went to the UK to continue her studies. He attended the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Initially, he was placed in the treatment programme, which he completed in two years. DeGraft-Johnson never completed his medical studies but returned to Edinburgh's economics faculty to study commerce and finance.
He graduated in April 1942 with a degree in commerce. Just two years later, in April 1944, he received a Master of Arts degree in Economic Sciences. After completing his magistership, DeGraft-Johnson began his career as a philosopher, ending in December 1946.[1][3]
Positions held[edit]
DeGraft-Johnson was a member of the Gold Coast National Committee (GCNC), which in 1953 was entrusted with the task of studying the economic development possibilities of the Volta Delta.
were members
- President Kwame Nkrumah, Chairman
- K. C. Tours (Finance Minister)
- Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (Minister of Trade and Industry)
- John Coleman DeGraft Johnson
- William Ofori-Atta
- C.F. Amoo Gottfried
- E.E. Kurankyi Taylor
- S.T. Flecku.
- Before 1956, he worked in the Economics Department of the Colonial Office in London.
- He was then a senior executive at the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Company Limited (London), a forerunner of the Cocoa Marketing Board and the Department of Trade and Industry in Ghana.
- He supervised the distance learning department of the University College of Ghana.
- From 1956 to 1958 he was a professor of economics at the University of Delhi.
- Professor of Economics at the University of Ghana from 1959 until his death.
DeGraft-Johnson Committee of Enquiry[edit]
After the military coup against Kwame Nkrumah in February 1966, the National Liberation Council took power in Ghana and appointed DeGraft-Johnson, an independent head of the DeGraft-Johnson Committee of Inquiry, to investigate the controversial activities of the United Ghana Farmers Co-operative Council (UGFCC) for review. The UGFCC had built a cocoa monopoly under the economic policies of socialist President Nkrumah. The UGFCC was considered the party wing of the initially ruling Convention People's Party (CPP) and later the only party in Ghana under the chairmanship of Nkrumah.
Various irregularities were discovered by the commission. The UGFCC is said not to have made any payments for buildings and other valuable assets. According to DeGraft-Johnson's report, the UGFCC, which had already been dismantled at the time of the investigation, was facing strong allegations of corruption.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Dr. John Coleman de Graft-Johnson". geni_family_tree. 1919-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ "archives.nypl.org -- Search results". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20061209162413/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/NRC/Vol.%204%20Chpt.%204%20com.rep.labour.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-09. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
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