Name Augustus Akiwumi Political party CPP Spouse Grace Aryee | Occupation Barrister / Banker Religion Christian Science Resigned June 1960 | |
Born 7 April 1891
Lagos, Nigeria ( 1891-04-07 ) Children Akiwusi, Akiola & Akilano, Akilebu, Akilowu, Omotayo, Helen, Akilaja(Ninii) Residence Farrar Avenue, Adabraka, Accra, Ghana Education Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge | ||
Preceded by Sir Emannuel C. Quist Succeeded by Joseph Richard Asiedu | ||
Justice Augustus Molade Akiwumi (7 April 1891 – ?) was a judge and also the second Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.
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Early life
Augustus Akiwumi was born in Nigeria but became a naturalised Ghanaian. In 1910 he was sent to live with guardians, a Smith family of Crosby, Cumbria in England. He attended Queen's College, Taunton, Somerset. He proceeded to the Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, where he studied law. He also trained as a banker at the Midland Bank, Ludgate Hill, London, prior to his return to Ghana.
Career
He was called to the bar at the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1921. He was appointed Speaker of the Parliament in February 1958 in the First Republic of Ghana.
Family
Akiwumi married Grace Aryee and, subsequently, Helen Kabuki Ocansey, both Ghanaians.