Hon. Abraham Dwuma Odoom MP | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Twifo Atti-Morkwa Constituency | |
In office 7 January 2017 –6 January 2021 | |
Succeeded by | David T. D. Vondee |
President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Personal details | |
Born | Twifo Ayaase,Ghana | 11 August 1952
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Alma mater | Harvard University,University of Ghana |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Accountant |
Committees | Parliamentary Select Committee on Food and Agriculture (Vice Chairman) |
Abraham Dwuma Odoom is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Twifo Atti-Morkwa Constituency in the Central Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. [1] He is credited with developing a concept note behind Nigeria's 'successful' rice production story. [2] [3]
Odoom was born on 11 August 1952 and hails from Twifo Ayaase in the Central Region of Ghana. He has a certificate in Political and Economic Change from the J. F. Kennedy School of Governance,Harvard University in 2007 and also a Diploma in Accounting from the University of Ghana in 1979. [1] [4]
Odoom was a Lead Consultant in Cocoa Redevelopment from June 2016 to 6 January 2017. He also worked at the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. He was also a Policy Advisor at Bill/Melinda Gates/J. A Kufuor Foundation Competitive African Rice Initiative Project in Nigeria from 2014 to May 2016. [1] [5]
Odoom is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He was the member of parliament for Twifo Atti-Morkwa Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana from 2017 to 2021. [4] [6] [7]
During the 2016 Ghanaian general election,Odoom won the Twifo Atti Morkwa Constituency parliamentary seat. He won with 21,231 votes making 58.2% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Samuel Ato Amoah had 14,887 votes making 40.8% of the total votes cast,the PPP parliamentary candidate Abu Ayuba had 273 votes making 0.8% of the total votes cast and the CPP parliamentary candidate Ebenezer Appiah had 115 vote making 0.3% of the total votes cast. [8]
Odoom is the former Deputy Minister for Health during the Kufuor administration. [9]
He is the former Deputy Minister for Local Government. [10]
Odoom was a member and Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Food and Agriculture. [11] [12]
Odoom is a Christian. [4]
In 2004,he emerged the best District Chief Executive for the then Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District Assembly in Ghana. [9]
In November 2019,he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Honorary Award. [13]
In June 2018,he presented motorbikes to teachers and agriculture extension officers in his constituency. [14]
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