Biography

Moses Teye Adamasi was born on the 22nd of June 1948 in a farming village called Seseamang, located in the present-day Upper Manya District in the Eastern Region of the Republic of Ghana. He was the youngest of three children born to his parents, Tettey and Dedeyonitse Adamasi (both of blessed memory). His siblings are Theresa Ahlubia Adamasi, the firstborn who is still alive, and Moses Tetteh Adamasi, of blessed memory.

Moses had his early education in Presbyterian Primary School, Seseamang, from 1958 to 1963. After completing his primary education, he attended the Local Authority Middle School at Seseamang between 1963 and 1965, where he sat for the general common entrance into secondary school. In 1965, he gained admission into the prestigious Presbyterian Secondary School (PRESEC), Odumase-Krobo, and later transferred to PRESEC Legon, Accra, where he obtained his O’Levels in 1970. He worked temporarily as a teacher from 1970 to 1971 and as an account clerk with the District Education Office, Somanya, from 1971 to 1972 before proceeding to Cartographic Training School under the Survey Department of Ghana from 1972 to 1975. After completing his training, he was employed as a Technical Officer in the Ghana Civil Service. In 1977, he proceeded to the International School for Aerospace Survey, International Training Centre (ITC), Enschede, Holland, where he obtained a diploma in Cartography and Remote Sensing in 1978. In 1979, he joined the Electoral Commission, Ghana, as a Senior Technical Officer in the cartography department.

His sojourn in Nigeria started in 1981 when he joined the University of Maiduguri as a Principal Technical Cartography Officer in the Department of Geography and Regional Planning. He later moved to the University of Benin, Benin City, in 1987, where he retired as Assistant Chief Technical Officer (Cartography) in 2013. At both Universities, he taught students Cartographic Map Production, Surveying, and Aerial Photo-Interpretation, otherwise known as Remote Sensing.

In addition to his paid job, he served as a minister in the Church of God Mission, Ugbowo branch, where he was a church committee member, serving as Secretary and Treasurer for almost three decades under five different Pastors. He was also a Sunday school teacher and actively supported the church in its evangelism and expansion programs in various communities within Edo state. The church grew in population and territorial expansion from just a branch to a Province during his time serving there.

He also served in the National Association of Ghanaian Communities in Nigeria (NAGHACON) in Maiduguri and Benin City. In 1990, he was elected President of the Bendel State (now Edo and Delta State) branch of NAGHACON, a position he held for four years. He continued to serve the association in various capacities, and in 2008, he was made patron of the Association.

In the community, he also contributed his little quota towards developing the communities he lived in. He was fondly called “NEPA man” by neighbors in his last residence in Benin because he always used his personal funds to repair most of the local issues that impacted the power distribution from the local transformer within the community.

He can best be described as a man of service and loved to serve anywhere he found himself. He saw himself as a resource for anyone who needed assistance and was indeed his brother’s keeper. His sojourn in Nigeria ended in December 2013 when he relocated back to Ghana with his wife to spend the rest of his life with close relatives.

Moses got married to Esther in 1980, and they both raised three children: Patience, Emmanuel, and Divine. In the last five years, he spent significant time in Lagos, Nigeria, with his children, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren while attending to his health.