President John Dramani Mahama last Friday, visited the wife of late Ambassador Lee Ocran, Mrs. Sati Ocran to console her and family on his passing.
Writing on his social media platforms, former president Mahama said Lee Ocran was a great pillar in te National Democratic Congress party, and for many decades contributed to strengthening the party and the governments of the NDC.
“Fare thee well, Comrade Lee Ocran.”
Mr. Lee Ocran who was a Former Education Minister, in the Atta Mills led government, a former High Commissioner to South Africa and former Member of Parliament for Jomoro died in Accra after a short illness.
Biography
Lee Ocran served as Minister for Education of Ghana from 2012 to 2013. Ocran was appointed Minister by President John Atta Mills in February 2012 in a cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Betty Mould-Iddrisu from the government and the sacking of Martin Amidu.
In 2000, Mr. Ocran was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment Science and Technology.
He was Member of Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress, for the Jomoro Constituency in January 2005, until he lost his seat to the daughter of Kwame Nkrumah, Samia Nkrumah of the Convention People’s Party in the December 2008 parliamentary election.
In February 2014, Ocran was sworn in as board Chairman of the Volta River Authority.
He was quoted to have described the Bui Dam as a White Elephant (extravagant but burdensome gift).