Elizabeth Ohene
Veteran broadcaster and writer Elizabeth Ohene has said she relishes the Political victories of ex-president John Agyekum Kufuor in 2000 and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s 2016 victory against John Mahama 4 years ago.
In an article sighted by MyNewsGH.com, Elizabeth Ohene who turned 75 said she has seen it all and grateful to God for his mercies upon her life.
Recounting the ups and downs of her life as a broadcast journalist who joined politics purely to serve, she wrote
“I took unpaid leave to come home back to Ghana and join the campaign of the then Candidate Kufuor; he won a famous election victory and he appointed me into his government.
I have been in five election campaigns and the sweetest victories have been in 2000 and 2016.”.
Read the portions of the article below:
It was in London that I turned 40 in 1985 and I said there was far more behind me than there could possibly be ahead of me. Now 35 years later, it would appear I have packed even more in those years.
There were the three years of publishing and editing ‘Talking Drums’ magazine in which my two friends, Ben Mensah and Kofi Akumanyi, annoyed all the governments in West Africa.
There were 14 years of working with the BBC and getting to know and report from many parts of the Africa continent.
There were many highs, I was in Walter Sisulu’s home the night he arrived home from 27 years of imprisonment, I was there during the dramatic transition from apartheid, the historic elections and I had a strategic spot to witness and report on the inauguration of Nelson Mandela. I interviewed almost every African Head of State.
There were many low points, covering the wars in Somalia, Liberia and Sierra Leone would top that list.
I took unpaid leave to come home back to Ghana and join the campaign of the then Candidate Kufuor; he won a famous election victory and he appointed me into his government.
I have been in five election campaigns and the sweetest victories have been in 2000 and 2016.
Computers and telecommunications have brought the greatest changes in my life.
I am glad that I remain permanently outraged and I can and do work out enough enthusiasm to state my opinions and also accept that I could be wrong. It has been quite a journey.
