Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum

Hon Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum
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 51) Nkoranza
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Occupation	Politician
Committees	Subsidiary Legislation Committee, Works and Housing Committee

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

Personal life

Agyekum is a Seventh-day Adventist. ^{[1] [6]} He is married to Adwoa Santuo Agyekum.

Early life and education

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

Politics

He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. ^{[2] [1]} During the 2020 general elections he made a comeback and won the Nkoranza South Constituency parliamentary seat with 29,408 votes (56.8% of total votes cast), whilst the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate Konadu-Yiadom Charles had 22,219 votes (42.9% of the total votes cast), and the People's National Convention (PNC) candidate Florence Ampour had 121 votes (0.2% of the total votes cast). ^[7] He retained his seat in the 2024 general elections

He was the former deputy minister of local government between 2013 and January 2017. Before contesting the seat as an MP, he was the MCE^{[ clarification needed ]} for Nkoranza South Municipality from January 2009 to January 2013. He won the seat for the first time by defeating the incumbent MP, Ampofo Twumasi of the NPP. He lost his seat to Charles Konadu Yiadom of the NPP during the 2016 general elections and made a comeback in the 2020 general elections and won. ^{[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, United Kingdom. He was also the municipal chief executive of Nkoranza South Municipality from May 2009 to January 2013. ^[1]

References

1. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Agyekum, Emmanuel Kwadwo". Ghana MPs. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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.
6. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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.
10. "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 17 November 2022.