Benjamin Kofi Quashie is the National Democratic Congress (Ghana) Council of Elders chair for South Africa. He is also the founder and executive chairman of the BKQ Foundation, which provides relief services to persons living in deprived communities in Ghana, and group chairman for Allied Consortiums.
Family life.
Benjamin is the last of four siblings brought up by a single mother who did all sort of jobs to fend for her children.
Politics.
Benjamin is a strong critique of the previous Nana Akufo-Addo government and a firm believer in the John Mahama administration. He has been particular about the previous government's fight against illegal mining, popularly known in Ghana as galamsey, which he has often described as a failed attempt. Benjamin rather believes the current president has the fight against galamsey at heart and will do everything in his power to stop the canker.
Philanthropy.
Through his foundation, BKQ Foundation, Benjamin has embarked on several projects aimed at ameliorating the sufferings of deprived persons and communities in Ghana. These include, but not limited to, the Demonstration School for the Deaf at Mampong. The foundation also donated an electric wheel chair to Wonder Ahialome, a young boy who was born disabled and had to walk several kilometers to school with the aid of crutches.