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There is a pool of talent and maturity within the Council of Elders of the NPP that should be used to set the Party on the right path to revitalise it and thereby save the Party and the country from political decay and socio-economic disaster. If this is not attended to, we are all on the road to experiencing the pain of ‘we could have been saved’.B. Adjei-Barwuah
December 2021- worrying over the non-interest in the need to overhaul the NPP constitution and administrative structure as well as the Ghana national constitution.

Biography

Early life and education

Barfuor was born on 15 December 1942 in Kumasi, Gold Coast. He had his secondary education at Prempeh College completing in 1965. He continued to the University of Ghana, Legon where he earned a B.A. in Geography in 1965. He proceeded to the United States of America later on to pursue his master’s degree in Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee graduating in 1968 and his PhD in Geography at the Indiana University Bloomington graduating in 1972.

The Diplomat

Political Career

He returned to Ghana in 2001, a few months after the New Patriotic Party had won the 2000 presidential elections. A year later he was appointed Ghana’s ambassador to Japan with concurrent accreditation to Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Singapore.

In 2017 he was appointed Ghana’s ambassador to the United States of America by the current President of the republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo.

The Educationist

Educational Career

Barfuor was employed as a senior lecturer at Bexley College, London working in the field of adult education from 1989 to 1991. He was head of faculty access and development at Hackney Community College from 1991 to 1993. From 1993 to 2001, he worked as the lead adviser at the Learning and Skills Development Agency, a publicly funded organization that supported continuing education in England. As advisor, he provided consultancy and training to many institutions in Ghana, England and Wales.