Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo (died 17 September 2024) was a Ghanaian politician and the Central Regional Minister of Ghana.
[4] Birth and Early Childhood Born at Kojo Beedu in Winneba to Opanyin Kwame Addo of Apam in the Central Region, and Madam Akorshikor Akorli of Dzelukope in the Volta Region of Ghana (both of blessed memory), Ebenezer Kwodwo Teye Addo (aka: Hon E.K.T.Addo) was the 6th of Nine (9) children of his parents.
Not yet of school-going age, Kwodwo was always seen every morning walking bare-footed with a collar (cloth), tied around his neck, crying and following his elder siblings to school.
He proceeded to the Sefwi Wiawso Training College in 1966, a year after completing his Elementary Education, to pursue his dream career, and passed out as a Certificate ‘A’ (4YR) Profession Teacher, in 1970.
Wanting to be the scholar he had dreamt of becoming in his childhood days, EKT Addo pursued a One- Year Programme at the defunct Advanced Teachers’ Training College at Winneba, between 1978 and 1979, and left for the University of Cape Coast (UCC) where he obtained a Diploma in Religious Studies, and a Bachelor ofEducation (B.Ed),Degree in 1982 with a 2nd Class Upper Honors Division.