J. K. Okine

Jacob Korley Okine (1926 - 2018) was a Ghanaian teacher and city councillor.

[2] Okine was a non-graduate tutor at Accra Academy from 1948 to 1950 when he took leave for further studies.

[1] In 1973, again, he became chairperson of the Greater Accra Regional branch of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools, a position he held for five years.

[6] In 1986, Okine retired from the Ghana Education Service and left office as headmaster of Accra Academy upon reaching the age of sixty years.

[1] He was the representative of the Accra City Council on the Consultative Assembly that drafted the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.

[2][7] On 31 January 2015, Okine was presented a citation by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (formerly Accra City Council) for being its longest serving presiding member at a ball.