Hon. Francis Kingsley Ato Codjoe MP | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Ekumfi Constituency | |
In office 7 January 2017 –6 January 2021 | |
Succeeded by | Abeiku Crentsil |
Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development | |
In office 11 April 2017 –7 January 2021 | |
President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Personal details | |
Born | Ekumfi Essarkyir,Ghana | 31 July 1971
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Alma mater | University of Ghana |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Country Controller |
Francis Kingsley Ato Codjoe [1] was a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ekumfi Constituency in the Central Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. [2] He is a former Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development. [3] [4]
Codjoe was born on 31 July 1971 and hails from Ekumfi Essarkyir in the Central Region of Ghana. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Ghana. [5]
Codjoe was the country controller of NCR (Ghana) Limited in Accra. [5]
Codjoe is a member of the New Patriotic Party. [6] [7] [8]
In the 2016 Ghanaian general election,he won the Ekumfi Constituency parliamentary seat with 12,240 votes making 50.1% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Abeiku Crentsil had 11,632 votes making 47.6% of the total votes cast,the PPP parliamentary candidate Stephen Quansah had 505 votes making 2.1% of the total votes cast and the CPP parliamentary candidate Kweku Essuoun had 70 votes making 0.3% of the total votes cast. [9]
Codjoe was the Deputy Minister for Fisheries &Aquaculture from 11 April 2017 to 7 January 2021. [10] [11]
In the 2020 Ghanaian general election,he lost the Ekumfi Constituency parliamentary seat to the NDC parliamentary candidate Abeiku Crentsil. He lost with 13,468 votes making 45.0% of the total votes cast whilst Abeiku had 16,037 votes making 53.6% of the total votes cast,the GUM parliamentary candidate Regina Amoah had 371 votes making 1.2% of the total votes cast and the CPP parliamentary candidate Ibrahim Anderson had 0 vote making 0.0% of the total votes cast. [12]
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