# Elizabeth Akua Ohene

Elizabeth Akua Ohene (born 24 January 1945) is a Ghanaian journalist and a politician. She served as Minister of State for Tertiary Education in Ghana under President John Kufuor. She had previously served as the Editor of the Daily Graphic, the first woman in the role.

## Quotes

* I am going to take a deep breath and I am going to say no because the men don't think there is anything in it for them. They think that passing an affirmative action bill into an act means they have to give up something.
** https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/God-didn-t-create-women-for-the-purpose-of-cooking-Elizabeth-Ohene-1486616
* Back in 1977, I was a reporter on the daily graphic, when Prince Charles as he then was, visited the country. The price looked well and relaxed after his private safari holiday in East Africa.
** https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Journalist-Elizabeth-Ohene-recounts-King-Charles-s-first-trip-to-Ghana-in-1977-1760648
* As new members of the board, we are fully aware that Ghanaian workers are also entrusting their future to us. There are about 250,000 pensioners who expect us to manage the trust to ensure that their pension will be uninterrupted and have a reasonable value for the rest of their lives.
** https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/elizabeth-ohene-appointed-board-chair-of-ssnit.html
* I am very sorry to have to say that I am not impressed with your reliance on the west African Media foundation. Unfortunately They are no longer in my estimation, in a position to offer unbiased opinions on this government. Nothing wrong with such a position, just as long as it is labelled as such .
** https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Elizabeth-Ohene-takes-on-Barker-Vormawor-MFWA-in-latest-address-to-the-BBC-1527926
* It is not true that every woman God made likes cooking or is good at it, but they have been frightened into this corner. So, whether they like cooking or not they must pretend or they dare not admit that they don’t like it. They dare not admit that they are not good at it, and it goes on.
** https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/social/202203/461979.php
https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/social/202203/461979.php
* Women have been conditioned that you dare not admit that you don’t like washing plates, or in the schools, they think the girls don’t like mathematics.
https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/social/202203/461979.php
* You know there are too many things that have been labelled female, …for example cooking, I don’t like cooking and I am not very good at it, and I don’t mind saying it.
** https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/social/202203/461979.php
* Mothering might be difficult but it is far more rewarding than many of the other tasks that we get up to. So don’t allow us (mothers) complain about how difficult it is because the reward far outweighs what we have to put in.
https://www.asaaseradio.com/mothering-is-far-more-rewarding-than-most-tasks-says-elizabeth-ohene/?amp=1
* I used to have a friend who was a nurse (belated), she told me that she thinks the most rewarding of nursing is when you are in the nursing block, just seeing a child very sick today and tomorrow seeing that same child with a smile and getting better is just so much easier and rewarding than in the adult wards.
https://www.asaaseradio.com/mothering-is-far-more-rewarding-than-most-tasks-says-elizabeth-ohene/?amp=1