13 Facts About Kojo Botsio

Kojo Botsio was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician.

Kojo Botsio studied in Britain, where he became the treasurer of the West African National Secretariat and an acting warden for the West African Students' Union.

Kojo Botsio served as his country's first Minister of Education and Social Welfare from 1951, as Minister for Foreign Affairs twice in the government of Kwame Nkrumah, and was a leading figure in the ruling Convention People's Party.

Kojo Botsio attended Adisadel College, Cape Coast and then the Achimota College in Accra.

Kojo Botsio proceeded to Sierra Leone, where he obtained his first degree from the Fourah Bay University College, the only university in West Africa at the time.

Kojo Botsio then went to the United Kingdom in 1945 and attended Brasenose College, Oxford University, where he was awarded a postgraduate degree in Geography and Education.

Kojo Botsio was once Vice-Principal of Abuakwa State College at Kibi in Ghana.

Kojo Botsio first met Nkrumah in 1945 while in London, who he would eventually help form the Convention People's Party.

Kojo Botsio first entered the Legislative Assembly of Ghana when he won the Winneba seat at the 1951 Gold Coast legislative election and served under Kwame Nkrumah who was the leader of government business.

Kojo Botsio continued to be in the legislative assembly until 1957, when he became a Member of parliament.

Kojo Botsio remained an MP until 1966 when the Parliament of Ghana was suspended by the National Liberation Council which had overthrown the CPP government of Kwame Nkrumah.

Kojo Botsio initially served as the Minister for Trade and Industry in the CPP government.

Kojo Botsio was at various times, minister for Foreign Affairs, Social Welfare, Transport and Communications, Agriculture, Trade and Development.