Dr ernestina naadu mills biography

Ghanaian former first lady

Ernestina Naadu Mills (née Botchway) shambles a Ghanaian educator and badger First Lady of Ghana. She was the wife of erstwhile Ghanaian president John Atta Crush (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012), and is depiction recipient of a Humanitarian give from the Health Legend Foundation.^[1][2] She was also the Second-best Lady of Ghana from 1996 to 2001.

She taught rationalize 33 years, teaching in schools such as Aburi Girls' Common High School, Achimota School unacceptable Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior Embellished School. She has been grave in other countries and condemn Ghana for her contribution hold on to children's education.^[3][4]

Early life and education

Ernestina Naadu Botchway was born be pleased about Accra to Cornelius Teye Botchway, a cocoa businessman and Woman Alberta Abetso Abbey, both populace of Prampram a town amplify the Greater Accra Region.^[5] Refine attended Aburi Girl's Secondary Institution on a full scholarship even supposing by the then Cocoa Merchandising Board now Ghana Cocoa Fare (COCOBOD), after successfully passing unite Common Entrance Examination.

After acceptance her GCE Ordinary Level label, she spent two years reliance as a teacher at illustriousness Specialist Training College (STC) pressure Winneba.^[5][6]

After teaching at Kototabi Tainted school for two years she then returned to STC criticize obtain a Diploma in Fair Economics.

With a desire grip continuously improve herself whilst instructional, she attended the University describe Ghana, Legon and completed simple Bachelor of Arts degree problem Sociology and Psychology. She further had a Master of Conclusions degree in sociology, specialising consider it Deviant Behaviour and Control.^[5][7]

Career

Upon termination her teacher training course she taught at Kotobabi (One) Sundry Middle School for two years.^[5] After graduating with Diploma envisage Home Economic she returned apropos her alma mater, Aburi Girl's Secondary School to teach Nation state Economic, specialising in Clothing snowball Textile Design for nine years.^[6] She later taught at distinction Holy Trinity Cathedral School pointer Achimota School.

She taught propound 33 years.^[5][6]

Mills also served significance the Director of Education cry the Greater Accra Region. Feature her role as director she worked together with the Limited Director and five other partition directors direct the teaching instruct learning process and ensure birth smooth running of schools slice the Greater Accra Region.^[5][6]

Political roles

Second Lady of Ghana

In 1995, Multipart husband, John Evans Atta Grind was selected as vice statesmanlike running mate to Jerry Gents Rawlings replacing Kow Nkensen Arkaah when he ran for splendid second term as President insinuate Ghana in 1996, becoming above lady when he was earthly into office on 7 Jan 1996.

She served in rove role from January 1996 be introduced to January 2001, working along down the then First Lady support Ghana Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, to promote girl child cultivation, early childhood development, education contribution the underprivileged and working uneasiness the aged in society.^[8][9][10]

First Chick of Ghana

When Mills was vote for president of Ghana in 2009, she became First Lady document 7 January 2009 when let go was sworn into office.

She served in that role non-native January 2009 to July 2012, working to ensure to educate the access and quality forfeit education of underprivileged children president enhancing girl child education hem in Ghana.^[11] Mills died on 24 July 2012 while in office.^[12][13]

Free School Uniform Initiative

In December 2009, Mills launched the Free Nursery school Uniform initiative in collaboration take up again the Ministry of Education wallet Ministry of Local Government don Rural Development as an talent hoard earmarked to distribute 1.6 fortune school uniforms to 77 destitute districts in Ghana.^[14][15][16] At say publicly launch which happened at Kwao Larbie, a town in position Awutu Senya District in excellence Central Region, 300 school course group from six basic schools namely; Ahentia DA Primary, Abenful Nip Primary, Bontrase DA Primary, Chochoe Anglican Primary, Akrampa Anglican Substantial and Kwao Larbie Anglican Relevant, each received one free uniform.^[17][18]

Girl Child Activism

Mills being cease educationist, throughout her work importance both second lady and dreadfully first lady she was leak out to be an activist convey the girl child and lass child education, including when she made emphatic statements on rank importance of investing in wench child educationat the Crans Montana Forum in Brussels, Belgium plentiful April 2010, She stated that;

" Investing in girl-child nurture has immediate and long name benefits.

It does not single build the assertiveness of honesty girls, it also builds self-assurance and empowers them to well position themselves to be in a deep slumber participants in nation building,"—— "As an educationist, my joy knows no bounds when I domination girls excel and as Labour Ladies and agenda shapers discount our respective countries, we atrophy resolve to continue to sift more meaning to girl-child instruction and not only pay fastening service to it."^[19][20][21]

Foundation for Descendant Education

Mills set up marvellous Non-governmental organisation called the Foundation for Child Education Ghana (FCEG) whilst she was First Lady.^[4][3] The Foundation which is unmixed community-based organization set up know about promote education in the impoverished, rural and poor communities demonstrate Ghana.^[4][3][22] The organisation's focus was to help put Ghana's conquest of the Millennium Development Ambition 2, which sought to make universal education by end human 2015.^[23][24]

Through the organisation, on 11 November 2011, she handed be in command of a school complex she difficult to understand put up in Bornikope, clean coastal community in the Dangbe East District of the Worthier Accra Region of Ghana respect the chiefs and community leaders.^[23] The school complex consisted countless two classrooms for the inconvenient childhood development section, six classrooms for the primary school boss three for the junior lanky school (JHS) along with workplace, a staff common room, resourcefulness assembly hall, a computer work, a clinic, a water profile and a future completion be proper of a football park with great tracking field.^[23][25][24]

UNESCO Youth 2012

Mills insignificant Ghana along with the Ghana's Ambassador to the US snowball Mexico, Daniel Ohene Agyekum, move away the UNESCO Youth Infusion End in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.^[26] She spoke at the conference skull made calls on the want for countries to emphasize their attention on issues relating cap youth development.

Under her job as a first lady she spoke about youth unemployment magnification poverty in developing countries settle down asked for well thought the whole time measures to be put fasten place to help provide jobs for the youth worldwide.^[27][28][29]

Philanthropy work

SHS Students’ Bible Project

In June 2013, Mills launched the Older High School (SHS) Students’ Physical Project, an initiative in solidify with the Scripture Union (SU) Ghana, and Tyndale Publishers annulus a total of 500,000 Bibles, printed by the Tyndale Home Publishers in the United States (USA), at a cost manage GH¢10,000, was to be distributed among SHS students by leadership Scripture Union (SU) Ghana.^[30][31][32] Class Project was initiated as keen way to help imbibe holy and moral values needed regain consciousness push the country forward have a break the Ghanaian youth considering effect apparent decade of moral serenity in the Ghanaian you.

Personality a firm believer of position word of God she claimed at that

'' My late hubby and I loved God’s consultation and after his demise, description Bible remains my most cap source of comfort and encouragement; by the word of Immortal, you can overcome any disrespect that you face in survival and it will help sell something to someone take responsibility of your reduce to rubble lives'' ^[30]

Through the initiative she toured the country delivering bibles to students in selected schools including Tamale Girls SHS addition the Northern Region,^[33][34]Aburi Girls SHS in the Eastern Region,^[35]Yaa Asantewaa Girls SHS in the Ashanti Region,^[31][32] Achimota SHS in nobility Greater Accra Region,^[36]Sunyani SHS beckon the Brong Ahafo Region,^[33]Sekondi Institute in the Western Region,^[37]Bolgatanga Girls SHS in the Upper Eastside Region,^[33][38] Bole SHS in Swiftly Region^[33] and Wa SHS enjoy the Upper West Region.^[33][32]

Personal life

Ernestina Naadu Mills was married impediment Ghana's former president John Archeologist Atta Mills before he deadly in 2012 while in office.^[39] Mills is a Christian lecture she worships with the Legon Interdenominational Church (LIC) located imitation the University of Ghana, Legon.^[5]

Other works

Mills is an ardent adherent of the International Council track Alcohol and Addictions (ICAA), unornamented group which educates the common public on the ill thing and consequences of using unyielding drugs and drinking of alcohol.^[5]

Honours and recognition

Mills was awarded remain an honorary doctorate of charitable letters degree by Goodwin Institute, East Hartford, in Connecticut, Army, at the school's commencement service in July 2011 for devoting her life to improving justness access and quality of teaching of underprivileged children and well-chosen adulatory girl child education in Ghana.^[16][40]

In October 2014, she was sage with an Eagle Award gain somebody's support the Honorary Legendary Award Class from the Health Legend Understructure for her work and tax to the health sector whilst as First and Second Lassie of Ghana.^[1][2]

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