Professor Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe is a Professor of Population Studies at the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana (UG). He obtained his General Certificate of Education, Ordinary Level, from the Suhum Secondary Technical School in 1986, the Advanced Level from the Swedru Secondary School in 1988, and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Geography and Resource Development and Study of Religions in 1989. After graduation, he was selected as one of the top students at the Department of Geography and Resource Development to undertake his national service and he continued briefly as a Research Assistant with the Population Impact Project (PIP), an outreach programme of UG.

During his time at PIP, he engaged in several advocacy, sensitisation and dissemination activities on family planning, adolescent reproductive health, harmful traditional practices including widowhood rites,.........read more