Clend Mawuko Sowu

Clend Mawuko Sowu was a Ghanaian politician, soldier, member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Board Chairman of the Electricity Company of Ghana and Member of Parliament for the Anlo Constituency and Regional Minister of the Volta Region. He hailed from Tegbi, near Keta in the Volta Region and was a schooled at Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast.[1] He died on December 4, 2010.[2] He was 78 years old.[3]

Squadron Leader Sowu trained at the Royal Air Force in 1958 as the first Ghanaian parachutist. He enlisted in the Ghana Military Academy in 1961 and was commissioned into the Air Branch of the Ghana Air Force on December 4, 1962. He retired on September 18, 1973.[3]

During his career as a politician and public office holder, he was a former Volta Regional Minister (1993), Minister of Works and Housing (1993-1994), MP for Anlo (1993-2000) and leading member of the NDC. He was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).[3]

References
  1. "Sowu To Be Burnt". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  2. "Squadron Leader Clend Sowu is dead". MyJoyOnline.com. 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  3. "Clend Sowu Laid To Rest". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-05-16.


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