Biography of jake tanka obetsebi lamptey

Born on February 4, 1946 in Accra, Ghana, the second son of Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey (a prominent lawyer and politician) and his Dutch wife Margaretha....

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Jacob Lantei Otanka "Jake" Obetsebi-Lamptey (4 February 1946 – 20 March 2016) was a Ghanaian politician, and a television and radio producer.

Born on February 4, 1946 in Accra, Ghana, the second son of Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey (a prominent lawyer and politician) and his Dutch wife Margaretha.

Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, the National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party has stated that Ghanaians risk doubling the misery and.

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Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey

Ghanaian politician, television and radio producer and advertising executive

Jacob "Jake" Lantei Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey (4 February – 20 March ) was a Ghanaian politician and advertising businessman.^[1] He was co-owner and general manager of Lintas W.A.

(later Advantage Group) from before his assumption of cabinet roles in the government of John Kufuor from to He was national chairman of the New Patriotic Party from to ^[1]

Early life and education

Jake was born on 4 February in Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana), the third son of Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey, a lawyer and politician, and the second son of his Dutch wife Margaretha,^[2] Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey had his primary education in Accra, before travelling to England to further his education.

Career

In , he began work as a radio and TV scriptwriter, commentator and presenter at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). In , he joined Lintas West Africa, an advertisin