Valerie Anne Sackey, Rawlings’ Speech Writer Is Dead

The woman who served as the Director of the Castle Information Bureau during the administration of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) from 1982 to 1992, and of the Public Affairs Secretariat at the office of President Jerry John Rawlings from 1992 to 2001, Mrs.

Valerie Anne Sackey, has diedHer death was announced by the J.J.

Rawlings Foundation on January 2, 2024.VALERIE SACKEY PASSES AWAYThe J.J.

Valerie Anne Sackey, Director of the Castle Information Bureau during the administration of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) from 1982 to 1992 and of the Public Affairs Secretariat at the office of President Rawlings from 1992 to 2001.

Sackey (nee Valerie Anne Lindoe) was born in 1935 in Accrington in the United Kingdom to Valentine Lindoe, Principal of the Accrington College of Art and Nancy Lindoe, an arts teacher in the college.

Valerie Sackey transferred to the Kumasi unit of the Department of Game and Wildlife and then on to teaching at St.

Valerie Sackey continued to work at the office of the late former President helping with his speeches, interviews and other media related matters.She is survived by her children; Michael Sackey (London) Joseph Sackey (Los Angeles) Anne Asantewaa Sackey (Accra) and seven grandchildren.