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Progress Party (PP)

Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia

Prime Minister (2nd Republic)

Tenure
1 October 1969 – 13 January 1972
Born
11 July 1913, Wenchi
Died
28 August 1978, Oxford, UK
// Achievements

What they delivered for Ghana

  • Led Ghana's return to democratic rule in the Second Republic
  • Academic of international standing — Professor of Sociology
  • Introduced rural development and decentralisation reforms
// Controversies & scandals

Public-record allegations

Summaries of widely reported matters · not verdicts

  • Aliens Compliance Order 1969 — expelled ~500,000 non-Ghanaian West Africans, largely Nigerians
  • Devaluation of the Cedi in December 1971 triggered massive unpopularity
  • Accused of favouring Akan regions in appointments
// End of tenure

Overthrown by Col. I.K. Acheampong's NRC coup on 13 January 1972.

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