Jacob Amekor Blukoo-Allotey

Blukoo-Allotey attended Accra Academy, where he graduated in 1948. He proceeded to the United Kingdom to study medicine at the University of Liverpool.{{Cite book|last=Agbodeka|first=Francis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9wsAQAAIAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey|title=A History of University of Ghana: Half a Century of Higher Education (1948-1998)|date=1998|publisher=Woeli Pub. Services|isbn=978-9964-978-56-3|language=en}} There, he was the president of the city's Ghana Students' Association.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GsEqAAAAMAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey+Association+&pg=RA5-PP1|title=Ghana Today|date=1957|publisher=Information Section of the Ghana Office|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GsEqAAAAMAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey+liverpool&pg=RA5-PP1|title=Ghana Today|date=1957|publisher=Information Section of the Ghana Office|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjSMzhTaPSUC&q=Students+Association+blukoo|title=Unesco Features: A Fortnightly Press Service|date=1957|publisher=Unesco|language=en}} He graduated in 1959,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7gIgAQAAMAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey|title=The Medical Directory ...: London, Provinces, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Abroad, Navy, Army & Air Force|date=1964|publisher=J. & A. Churchill, Limited|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7gIgAQAAMAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey+|title=The Medical Directory ...: London, Provinces, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Abroad, Navy, Army & Air Force|date=1964|publisher=J. & A. Churchill, Limited|language=en}} and in 1960, he became a Licensiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Apb6AwZGoXIC&q=blukoo-allotey|title=Ghana Gazette|date=1963|language=en |author1=Ghana }} He later went to the United States of America on a scholarship to study Pharmacology for his master's degree.{{Cite book|last=Addae|first=S. Kojo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R5oeAQAAIAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey|title=The Evolution of Modern Medicine in a Developing Country: Ghana 1880-1960|date=1997|publisher=Durham Academic Press|isbn=978-1-900838-05-4|language=en}}

Following his studies in the United Kingdom, Blukoo-Allotey returned to Ghana where he registered as a medical personnel on 12 May 1961. He consequently worked as a physician with the Ministry of Health until the mid-1960s when he took up a job as a lecturer at the Pharmacology department of the University of Ghana Medical School.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jG5AAAAIAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey+pharmacology|title=Ghana Journal of Science: A Joint Publication of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Ghana Science Association|date=1967|publisher=Council and The Association|language=en}}

While working as a lecturer at the University of Ghana Medical School, he was appointed chairman of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation. In 1968, the corporation became a division of the Ghana Industrial Holdings Corporation (GIHOC) and he acted as general manager of the division.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SAYOAQAAMAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey+pharmacology|title=Ghana Economic Review|date=1970|publisher=Editorial and Pub. Services.|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xUw_AQAAIAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey|title=Ghana News|publisher=Embassy of Ghana.|language=en}} In 1970, he was sent to Europe by the Ghana Industrial Holdings Corporation on a special leave from the University of Ghana.{{Cite book|last=Ghana|first=University of|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7nfxmRaBgW0C&q=blukoo-allotey+|title=Annual Report by the Vice-Chancellor|date=1971|language=en}} On his return, he was appointed general manager of the State Pharmaceutical division of GIHOC and run a factory.{{Cite book|last=Organization|first=United Nations Industrial Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2rtAAAAMAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey|title=Second Consultation on the Pharmaceutical Industry, Budapest, Hungary, 21-25 November 1983: Report|date=1984|publisher=UN|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=India)|first=Regional Research Laboratory (Hyderabad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2KQoAQAAMAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey|title=Annual Report|date=1975|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyAoAQAAMAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey|title=Inter-regional Tripartite Symposium on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Specifications in Relation to Transfer of Technology to the Developing Countries, Geneva, 23-27 November 1981|date=1982|publisher=International Labour Office|isbn=978-92-2-103183-3|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=review|first=Ghana economic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyA0AQAAIAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey|title=Economic Policy of the National Redemption Council|date=1972|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Organization|first=United Nations Industrial Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=22rtAAAAMAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey|title=Third Consultation on the Pharmaceutical Industry, Madrid, Spain, 5-9 October 1987: Report|date=1988|publisher=The Organization|language=en}}

In 1973, he was a member of the advisory council of the then newly established Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine in Mampong, Akwapim. In 1994, he became council chairman of the Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine, after Charles Easmon, and held this role until 2005.{{Cite work|url=http://digitalcollections.sit.edu/african_diaspora_isp |title= Choose Ye This Day!!! A study surrounding the dialogue that concerns the use of traditional herbal medicine versus modern scientific medicine in Ghana|author= Andrews, Tina M|publisher=African Diaspora ISPs. Paper 31|year=2003|page=33}}

In 1982, he was appointed member of the then newly formed PNDC government by the then chairman of the PNDC, Jerry John Rawlings.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUY_AQAAIAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey|title=West Africa|date=July 1982|publisher=West Africa Publishing Company Limited|language=en}} He however declined the appointment, and his request for exemption from the national government was accepted by the then chairman Rawlings.

He was a director on the board of Dannex Limited.{{cite web|title= Dannex Ayrton Starwin Merger|url=http://dannexgh.com/DAS-Merger.pdf |website=dannexgh.com|date=2021-04-18}}

In 2008, the national award of the Order of the Volta was conferred upon Blukoo-Allotey by the then President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor for his service to Ghana in the field of medicine.{{Cite web|last=GNA|date=2008-06-21|title=President nominates personalities for National Awards|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/170882/president-nominates-personalities-for-national-awards.html|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Modern Ghana|language=en}}

Blukoo-Allotey was married to Mrs. Cynthia Blukoo-Allotey (nee Chinery). He was the father of Jean Mensa (née Blukoo-Allotey), the chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana. He was a Christian and a member of the Accra Ridge Church. He died on 7 February 2016 at the age of 87.

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