Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum

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Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum
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Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Nkoranza South
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
Born
Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum

(1973-12-03) 3 December 1973 (age 50)
Nkoranza
Nationality Ghanaian
Political party National Democratic Congress
Occupation Politician
CommitteesSubsidiary Legislation Committee, Works and Housing Committee

Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum is the Member of Parliament for Nkoranza South Constituency in the Bono East Region of Ghana. [1] [2] [3] In May 2022, he claimed the Ghana Police shot live bullets during the Nkoranza shooting and urged Ghanaians to rise against police brutalities. [4] [5]

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Personal life

Emmanuel is a Christian (Seventh-day Adventist). [1] [6]

Early life and education

He was born on 3 December 1973 in Nkoranza in the Bono East Region of Ghana. [1] He attended University of Westminster in London, UK where he obtained MA in Global Business in 2007. He also had IMBA at International Graduate Center. He further went to University of Applied Science in Bremen, Germany in 2008. [1]

Politics

He is a member of National Democratic Congress. [2] [1] He won the Nkoranza South Constituency parliamentary seat with 29,408 votes making 56.8% of total votes cast whilst the NPP parliamentary candidate Konadu-Yiadom Charles had 22,219 votes making 42.9% of the total votes cast and the PNC candidate Florence Ampour had 121 votes making 0.2% of the total votes cast. [7]

He was the former Deputy Minister of Local Government. [8] [9]

Committees

He is a member of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee and also a member of the Works and Housing Committee. [10]

Employment

He was the CEO of Special Care Recruitment Consultancy in London, UK. He was also the Municipal Chief Executive of Nkoranza South Municipality from May 2009- January 2013. [1]

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  2. 1 2 "EveryPolitician: Ghana - Parliament - Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic". EveryPolitician. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Lartey, Winifred (19 May 2022). "Prejudicial killings by the police must stop, says Nkoranza MP". Asaase Radio. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "I have evidence that police fired live bullets - Nkoranza South MP on police-youth clash - MyJoyOnline.com". MyJoyOnline. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Something needs to be done, prejudicial killing by police must stop - Nkoranza MP". GhanaWeb. 20 May 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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  7. ↑ FM, Peace. "2020 Election - Nkoranza South Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Don't politicise national sanitation day — Minister". Graphic Online. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  9. ↑ Starrfm.com.gh. "Bawumia goes into hiding as Cedi falls – Fmr. Dep. Local Gov't Minister" . Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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