Oyeeman Wereko Ampem II, GM (born Emmanuel Noi Omaboe, 29 October 1930 – 26 November 2005) was a Ghanaian civil servant, businessman and traditional ruler.
[1] In 1957, Omaboe joined the University College of Ghana as an economics research fellow and gave lectures in Statistics.
[5] He was promoted to Government Statistician in July 1960 due to the Africanization policy of the civil service by Kwame Nkrumah.
In October 1961, the State Planning Commission was constituted by Kwame Nkrumah with Omaboe as its chairman and Joseph Henry Mensah assisting him.
[11][12] In these roles, he defined the government's policies toward liberalisation, including devaluation of the Cedi, abolition of import licensing and privatisation of loss-making state enterprises.
[13] Omaboe served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions of the U.N. International Civil Service Commission starting in 1967 and ending in 1985.
In 1974, he partnered Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey and Peter Hasford in the purchase of the advertising firm, Lintas West Africa and Afromedia Ghana from Unilever.
[22] He served as chairman of Reiss & Co. (Ghana) Ltd., a technical trading house with divisions in agriculture, veterinary, information technology and industrial safety supplies.
During his time as traditional ruler, he undertook the projects of the construction of the Manko Aba Ahenfie and the Amanokrom Community Centre.
The annual Odwira experienced large turn up of indigenous people living elsewhere and foreigners from abroad due to his image.
[35][36] Under Omaboe's presidency of the Council of Patrons of the football club, a total of 42 competitive and ceremonial cups was won and a record was set by winning the Ghana Premier League six (6) consecutive times in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
A daughter, Norkor Duah, is the Chief Executive of the marketing communications firm, Mullen Lowe Accra and previously served as the Vice President of International Advertising Association.
[citation needed] Oyeeman Wereko Ampem II died of natural causes on 26 November 2005, aged 75 years.
Model of Leadership Excellence: A Biographical Case Study of Nana Wereko Ampem II.