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As the African continent aligns with the global demand for gender equality in leadership, the Republic of Ghana took a historic decision to balance leadership equality between women and men. Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang became Ghana’s first female vice president.
Before Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang’s emergency, as the first Ghana Vice President, many African women have proved their worth of being African women with what it takes to be at the topmost leadership positions in the contintet
The African Women that have significantly printedt thier footstep for the future to emulate, they came and conquer in the mist of difficute opposition. they led African Nation with distingueshed Records, they are Mrs. Samia Suluhu Hassan was the president of Tanzania president since April 2021, Dogbé Tomegah president of autonomous republoc of Togo, Prime Minister within Franch Union since September 2020, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda of Prime Minister sinceGabon, July 2020, Sahle-Work Zewde leading Ethiopia, 2018, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, from 2006 to 2018.
Now at helm of National Vice President, a Capacity historically gotten by female among men for the first time, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang’s will be rebrand Ghana women at high level, creating pedesal that will eneable more women to build upo.
at the historic ceremony that took place at independence Square in Accra recently.African Women are gaining expectation result.
Justice Gertrude Torkonoo, the Ghana Chief Justice who led the swearing in with the oath of offtce for the historical vice President to discharge her duties with integrity in the full glare of thousands of people from all walks of life, who thronged the independence square to witness the historic moment.
Prof Opoku-Agyeman comes to the offtce of the vice president with wide range of expertise as a former Minister of Education, first female vice Chancellor of a public university and running mate of President John Oramani Mahama in the 2020 elections.
Her historic feat as the ftrst female vice-president comes at a time that Ghana’s Parliament had passed the Affirmative Action and Gender Equity law, which was assented to by Former President Akufo-Addo, a legal document to demand gender parity in Ghana.
Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is a renowned Ghanaian academic, educator, and politician who began her career as a teacher and lecturer, rising through the ranks to become a Professor of literature at the Cape-Coast University.
She was born on November 22,1951, in Cape Coast and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and French, University of Cape Coast, Master of Arts degree in English, University of York, UK and PhD in English Literature
