I. M. Ofori

Isaac Mensah Ofori was a Ghanaian academic and Civil Servant. He was a Professor of Land Economy at the University of Zambia,[1] he also served as Ghana's Commissioner (Minister) for Rural Development from April 1969 to September 1969.[2]

  Isaac Mensah Ofori
Minister for Rural Development
In office
April 1969 – September 1969
Appointed byAkwasi Afrifa
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byMinistry abolished
Personal details
Born
Isaac Mensah Ofori

Gold Coast
NationalityGhanaian
Alma mater
Occupation

Biography

Ofori studied at the Manchester University and King's College, Cambridge, both in the United Kingdom.[3] Following his studies abroad, Ofori gained employment at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (then University of Science and Technology) as a lecturer in Land Economy and Regional Planning, and later joined the University of Ghana's Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research as Senior Research Fellow.[4]

In April 1969 a new ministry called the Ministry of Rural Development was created by the then government in power (the NLC government) and Ofori was appointed to take charge of the ministry.[5][6] Ofori remained Commissioner (Minister) for Rural Development until September 1969 when the NLC government was dissolved to usher in civilian rule.[7][8][9]

Ofori became a visiting professor at the Land Reform Training Institute of Taiwan, Republic of China since 1972.[1][4] In 1983, he was appointed Professor of Land Economy in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Zambia.[1][10] He once served as the Secretary of the Environmental Protection Council of Ghana (now the Ghana Environmental Protection Agency).[3]

References
  1. World Congress on Land Policy. Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain. 1985. ISBN 978-0-89946-195-3.
  2. Igbozurike, Uzo M. (1981). Land Use and Conservation in Nigeria: Theory, Methodology, Empiricism, Policy. University of Nigeria Press. ISBN 978-978-2299-01-7.
  3. Cullen, Matthew; Woolery, Sharon (1985). Second World Congress on Land Policy, 1983. Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain. ISBN 978-0-89946-195-3.
  4. Cullen, Matthew; Woolery, Sharon (1985). Second World Congress on Land Policy, 1983. Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain. ISBN 978-0-89946-195-3.
  5. Africa Research Bulletin. Blackwell. 1969.
  6. Howell, Thomas A.; Rajasooria, Jeffrey P. (1972). Ghana & Nkrumah. Facts on File, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-87196-191-4.
  7. Safier, Michael; Foundation, Milton Obote (1967). The Role of Urban and Regional Planning in National Development for East Africa. Milton Obote Foundation, Adult Education Centre.
  8. Brown, C. K. (1986). Rural Development in Ghana. Ghana Universities Press. ISBN 978-9964-3-0124-8.
  9. Ghana Business Guide. Business Publications. 1969.
  10. Cullen, Matthew; Woolery, Sharon (1985). Second World Congress on Land Policy, 1983. Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain. ISBN 978-0-89946-195-3.
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