E. M. L. Odjidja

Edward Martinus Lartey Odjidja (16 October 1900 – 15 April 1987) was a Ghanaian teacher and presbyterian minister who was the ninth Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana from 1959 to 1966. Louise's father was Rev. Daniel Ablorh who was the first ordained minister of the Presbyterian church at Teshie and her grandfather, Paulo Mohenu was an evangelist who is celebrated by the church.

Career In 1921, he was posted to teach at the Salem Middle School in Osu. From 1933 to 1934, he was the first headmaster of the Presbyterian Middle School in Kumasi. In this period, he was elected the national chairman of the Presbyterian Teachers Union. On 11th November 1952, he was ordained a Presbyterian minister. After serving as a pastor to congregations in Odumase, Bisa and Kumasi, he was elected the ninth Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in 1959.

Global policy He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution. As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.

Honours In 1974, Odjidja received the Grand Medal from the State of Ghana for his leadership services. A hall at Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, was named Odjidja Hall in his honour.

Death Odjidja died on 15 April 1987. He had spent the last fifteen years of his life at a residence in Odumasi-Krobo named Bhamiyee House. A burial service was held for him at Zimmerman Memorial Church in Odumase-Krobo on the 9th of May of the same year.