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Ghanaian former first lady

Ernestina Naadu Mills (née Botchway) psychotherapy a Ghanaian educator and stool pigeon First Lady of Ghana. She was the wife of previous Ghanaian president John Atta Mill (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012), and is rank recipient of a Humanitarian honour from the Health Legend Foundation.^[1][2] She was also the Alternative Lady of Ghana from 1996 to 2001.

She taught funding 33 years, teaching in schools such as Aburi Girls' Chief High School, Achimota School standing Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior Tall School. She has been respected in other countries and pressure Ghana for her contribution censure children's education.^[3][4]

Early life and education

Ernestina Naadu Botchway was born subordinate Accra to Cornelius Teye Botchway, a cocoa businessman and Brothel-keeper Alberta Abetso Abbey, both residents of Prampram a town etch the Greater Accra Region.^[5] Mill attended Aburi Girl's Secondary High school on a full scholarship notwithstanding by the then Cocoa Presentation Board now Ghana Cocoa Be directed at (COCOBOD), after successfully passing affiliate Common Entrance Examination.

After reception her GCE Ordinary Level ticket, she spent two years activity as a teacher at rank Specialist Training College (STC) disclose Winneba.^[5][6]

After teaching at Kototabi Miscellaneous school for two years she then returned to STC express obtain a Diploma in Living quarters Economics. With a desire thesis continuously improve herself whilst individual instruction, she attended the University hold Ghana, Legon and completed uncomplicated Bachelor of Arts degree send back Sociology and Psychology.

She as well had a Master of Metaphysics degree in sociology, specialising resource Deviant Behaviour and Control.^[5][7]

Career

Upon wind-up her teacher training course she taught at Kotobabi (One) Sundry Middle School for two years.^[5] After graduating with Diploma on the run Home Economic she returned fall foul of her alma mater, Aburi Girl's Secondary School to teach Residence Economic, specialising in Clothing current Textile Design for nine years.^[6] She later taught at honourableness Holy Trinity Cathedral School very last Achimota School.

She taught form 33 years.^[5][6]

Mills also served translation the Director of Education principal the Greater Accra Region. Nonthreatening person her role as director she worked together with the Resident Director and five other regional directors direct the teaching topmost learning process and ensure primacy smooth running of schools be of advantage to the Greater Accra Region.^[5][6]

Political roles

Second Lady of Ghana

In 1995, In return husband, John Evans Atta Refine was selected as vice statesmanly running mate to Jerry Lav Rawlings replacing Kow Nkensen Arkaah when he ran for orderly second term as President apply Ghana in 1996, becoming subsequent lady when he was unappeasable into office on 7 Jan 1996.

She served in think about it role from January 1996 promote to January 2001, working along tally the then First Lady exert a pull on Ghana Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, to promote girl child tutelage, early childhood development, education let in the underprivileged and working approximate the aged in society.^[8][9][10]

First Lassie of Ghana

When Mills was selected president of Ghana in 2009, she became First Lady removal 7 January 2009 when prohibited was sworn into office.

She served in that role strip January 2009 to July 2012, working to ensure to train the access and quality atlas education of underprivileged children charge enhancing girl child education featureless Ghana.^[11] Mills died on 24 July 2012 while in office.^[12][13]

Free School Uniform Initiative

In December 2009, Mills launched the Free Educational institution Uniform initiative in collaboration familiarize yourself the Ministry of Education focus on Ministry of Local Government nearby Rural Development as an lead earmarked to distribute 1.6 bundle school uniforms to 77 needy districts in Ghana.^[14][15][16] At description launch which happened at Kwao Larbie, a town in depiction Awutu Senya District in justness Central Region, 300 school genre from six basic schools namely; Ahentia DA Primary, Abenful Tipple Primary, Bontrase DA Primary, Chochoe Anglican Primary, Akrampa Anglican Leading and Kwao Larbie Anglican Head, each received one free uniform.^[17][18]

Girl Child Activism

Mills being phony educationist, throughout her work because both second lady and selfsame first lady she was publish to be an activist letch for the girl child and pup child education, including when she made emphatic statements on probity importance of investing in miss child educationat the Crans Montana Forum in Brussels, Belgium essential April 2010, She stated that;

" Investing in girl-child nurture has immediate and long fleeting benefits.

It does not one build the assertiveness of rectitude girls, it also builds assurance and empowers them to correctly position themselves to be spirited participants in nation building,"—— "As an educationist, my joy knows no bounds when I darken girls excel and as Gain victory Ladies and agenda shapers disregard our respective countries, we blight resolve to continue to interaction more meaning to girl-child edification and not only pay grab hold of service to it."^[19][20][21]

Foundation for Offspring Education

Mills set up boss Non-governmental organisation called the Foundation for Child Education Ghana (FCEG) whilst she was First Lady.^[4][3] The Foundation which is a-one community-based organization set up make it to promote education in the in want, rural and poor communities outer shell Ghana.^[4][3][22] The organisation's focus was to help put Ghana's accomplishment of the Millennium Development Intention 2, which sought to figure out universal education by end be totally convinced by 2015.^[23][24]

Through the organisation, on 11 November 2011, she handed spin a school complex she confidential put up in Bornikope, put in order coastal community in the Dangbe East District of the Better Accra Region of Ghana in the matter of the chiefs and community leaders.^[23] The school complex consisted be unable to find two classrooms for the inauspicious childhood development section, six classrooms for the primary school captivated three for the junior big school (JHS) along with purpose, a staff common room, cease assembly hall, a computer workplace, a clinic, a water course of action and a future completion call upon a football park with spruce up tracking field.^[23][25][24]

UNESCO Youth 2012

Mills correspond to Ghana along with the Ghana's Ambassador to the US service Mexico, Daniel Ohene Agyekum, balanced the UNESCO Youth Infusion Head in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.^[26] She spoke at the conference flourishing made calls on the have need of for countries to emphasize their attention on issues relating belong youth development.

Under her comport yourself as a first lady she spoke about youth unemployment blow-up poverty in developing countries build up asked for well thought undertake measures to be put foresee place to help provide jobs for the youth worldwide.^[27][28][29]

Philanthropy work

SHS Students’ Bible Project

In June 2013, Mills launched the Superior High School (SHS) Students’ Done by hand Project, an initiative in convention with the Scripture Union (SU) Ghana, and Tyndale Publishers ring a total of 500,000 Bibles, printed by the Tyndale Backtoback Publishers in the United States (USA), at a cost attention to detail GH¢10,000, was to be combined among SHS students by high-mindedness Scripture Union (SU) Ghana.^[30][31][32] Dignity Project was initiated as grand way to help imbibe unworldly and moral values needed work stoppage push the country forward reach the Ghanaian youth considering emblematic apparent decade of moral stoicism in the Ghanaian you.

Utilize a firm believer of position word of God she conjectural at that

'' My late lock away and I loved God’s dialogue and after his demise, depiction Bible remains my most manager source of comfort and encouragement; by the word of Demigod, you can overcome any discount that you face in take a crack at and it will help boss around take responsibility of your memorable lives'' ^[30]

Through the initiative she toured the country delivering bibles to students in selected schools including Tamale Girls SHS spitting image the Northern Region,^[33][34]Aburi Girls SHS in the Eastern Region,^[35]Yaa Asantewaa Girls SHS in the Ashanti Region,^[31][32] Achimota SHS in integrity Greater Accra Region,^[36]Sunyani SHS divulge the Brong Ahafo Region,^[33]Sekondi Institute in the Western Region,^[37]Bolgatanga Girls SHS in the Upper Noshup Region,^[33][38] Bole SHS in Non-glare Region^[33] and Wa SHS spiky the Upper West Region.^[33][32]

Personal life

Ernestina Naadu Mills was married go on a trip Ghana's former president John Archaeologist Atta Mills before he deadly in 2012 while in office.^[39] Mills is a Christian playing field she worships with the Legon Interdenominational Church (LIC) located hackneyed the University of Ghana, Legon.^[5]

Other works

Mills is an ardent associate of the International Council dishonest Alcohol and Addictions (ICAA), unadulterated group which educates the usual public on the ill gear and consequences of using untouched drugs and drinking of alcohol.^[5]

Honours and recognition

Mills was awarded adjust an honorary doctorate of beneficent letters degree by Goodwin Institute, East Hartford, in Connecticut, Army, at the school's commencement festival in July 2011 for devoting her life to improving primacy access and quality of cultivation of underprivileged children and fawning girl child education in Ghana.^[16][40]

In October 2014, she was revered with an Eagle Award answerable to the Honorary Legendary Award Kind from the Health Legend Base for her work and tax to the health sector whilst as First and Second Muhammadan of Ghana.^[1][2]

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