Key Positions Held: Progress Party – Founding Member (1969) Popular Front Party – Founding Member (1979) New Patriotic Party (Western Region) – Member, Regional Council of Elders New Patriotic Party – Member, National Council of Elders Council of State – Member (Jan 2017 – Jan 2025) During the Progress Party era (1969–72), Alberta built close relationships with key figures, including the late Prime Minister Dr K. A. Busia and his sister, the late Ama Busia, who became godmother to her firstborn, Paapa. She maintained strong ties with J. Kwesi Lamptey, Busia’s Defence Minister and former assistant headmaster to Master Cudjoe at Fijai, easily recognised by his smoking pipe. Another trusted ally was the late A. E. Chinebuah, Western Regional Chief Executive and family friend; even after his imprisonment after the coup, on one occasion following a medical check-up at Effia Nkawanta Hospital, he convinced the prison warders to take him to see Alberta for a secret meeting. Her influence reached far beyond the Western Region. She built close friendships with the late Harona Esseku—who would later serve as NPP Chairman under President Kufuor—the late R. R. Amponsah, and the late B. J. da Rocha, then General Secretary of the Progress Party. To them, Alberta’s home was not simply a resting place; it was a trusted meeting ground where ideas were exchanged, strategies were shaped, and friendships deepened. Within her circle of political allies were the late Dr Kwame Safo Adu, the late Dr Dsane Selby, the late Dr J. A. Addison, K. K. Enti, and Mr Kwakye of Mount Pleasant, Sekondi. 30 The Birthday Journal
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