Hon. Desmond De-Graft Paitoo MP | |
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Member of Parliament for Gomoa East Constituency | |
Assumed office 7 January 2021 | |
President | Nana Akuffo Addo |
Preceded by | Kojo Asemanyi |
Personal details | |
Born | Gomoa Dasum,Ghana | 21 August 1969
Political party | National Democratic Congress |
Occupation | Freight Forwarder |
Profession | Politician |
Committees | House Committee;Food,Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee |
Desmond De-Graft Paitoo (born 21 August 1969) is a Ghanaian politician who currently serves as the Member of Parliament for the Gomoa East Constituency. [1] [2] [3]
Desmond De-Graft was born on 21 August 1969 and hails from Gomoa Dasum in the Central Region of Ghana. Desmond De-Graft had his MSLC in 1987,City and Guild Intermediate in Mechanical Engineering in 1991 and his Degree in Supply Chain Management (Procurement) in 2018. [4] [5]
Desmond De-Graft is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Desreen Shipping and Logistics. [4] [5] [6] He is a freight forwarder. [7]
Desmond De-Graft is a member of the National Democratic Congress. [8] He contested and won the NDC parliamentary primaries for Gomoa East Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana. [7] [9]
In the 2016 Ghanaian general election,he lost the Gomoa East Constituency parliamentary seat to the New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate Kojo Asemanyi. He lost with 15,010 votes making 42.5% of the total votes cast whilst Kojo had 17,654 votes making 50.0% of the total votes cast,an Independent candidate Marcus Yaw Danso who had 1,604 votes making 4.5% of the total votes cast,Eunice Assuman of PPP who also had 920 votes making 2.6% of the total votes cast and Godfred Kumedzro Cudjo of CPP had 105 votes making 0.3% of the total votes cast. [10]
Desmond De-Graft won the parliamentary seat for the Gomoa East Constituency during the 2020 Ghanaian general elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress with 36,637 votes making 49.46% of the total votes cast to join the Eighth (8th) Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana against Kojo Asemanyi of the New Patriotic Party who had 135,873 votes making 48.42% of the total votes cast,Samuel Kofi Essel of GUM who had 1,397 votes making 1.89% of the total votes cast and Emmanuel Otchere of UPP who also had 173 votes making 0.23% of the total votes cast. [11] [12] [13] [5]
Desmond De-Graft is a member of the House Committee. He is also a member of the Food,Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee of the Eighth (8th) Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [4]
In January 2022,he pledged to support the construction of a health facility with hospital furniture and other items at Dampase in the Central Region. [14]
In November 2020,De-Graft was sued by Akwasi Adjetey,a businessman for allegedly collapsing his business. [15]
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