Rebecca Akufo-Addo is the current First Lady of Ghana. She is the wife of President Nana Akufo-Addo, 5th President of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
Akufo-Addo is a member of the Accra Ridge Church and the patron of the Infanta Malaria, a charity organization dedicated to the prevention of Malaria in children.
Below are 10 things Nigerian women should know about Rebecca Akufo-Addo:
1. Rebecca Akufo-Addo was born on the 12th of March 1951.
2. Akufo-Addo is the daughter of the judge, Jacob Hackenburg Griffith’s-Randolph who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana in Third Republic and Frances Phillipina Griffiths-Randolph (née Mann).
3. After graduating from Achimota Primary School and Wesley Grammar School both in Accra, she furthered her education at the Government Secretarial School and became a secretary.
4. She subsequently worked as a secretary at the Merchant Bank in Ghana and later relocated to United Kingdom and worked as a legal secretary for Clifford Chance/Ashurst Morris Crisp, multinational law firms in the United Kingdom.
5. Akufo-Addo is the nutrition champion in Ghana. She raises awareness to fight against malnutrition, especially in children and adolescents.
6. As First lady, Akufo-Addo has been praised for advocating the fight of the disease Malaria in Ghana and has been recognized as a nutrition champion for fighting against malnutrition in children and adolescents, and outstanding contribution to women’s health and efforts against infant mortality in Ghana and across Africa.
7. In 2017, she established the Rebecca Akufo-Addo foundation, a non-governmental organization with a mission to enhance efforts of the government amongst Ghanaian women and children.
8. In November 2017, the Rebecca foundation signed a deal with Licang District Experimental School in Qingdao, China. This was for an exchange program that would each year enable ten students from both countries to visit the other. This was a move would enhance academic, sports and cultural harmony between students of both countries.
9. Rebecca and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have been married for 24 years and in 2017 they celebrated their 20th Anniversary. They have five daughters and five grandchildren.
10. Rebecca Akufo-Addo was installed as the Development Queen mother of Ada Traditional Area at the 82nd anniversary celebration of Ada Asafotufiami festival in August 2019 and is known by the stool name Naana Ode Opeor Kabukie I.
Her awards include:
*Nutrition Champion by The African Leaders for Nutrition.
*Excellence in Empowering Women and Children Award’ at the Africa Public Sector for fighting malaria.