Hon. George Takyi MP | |
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Member of Parliament for Manso Nkwanta Constituency | |
In office 7 January 2021 –6 January 2025 | |
Succeeded by | Tweneboa Kodua Fokuo |
Personal details | |
Born | George Kwabena Obeng Takyi 29 March 1965 Mpatuam,Ghana |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Chartered Accountant |
Committees | Government Assurance Committee;Food,Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee |
George Kwabena Obeng Takyi (born 29 March 1965) is a chartered accountant and currently a member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana for Manso Nkwanta Constituency in the Ashanti Region. [1] [2] [3]
Takyi was born on 29 March 1965 at Mpatuam,in Amansie West District since 1988. He has an MBA in Chartered Accountancy,Business Communication. He also has a PhD candidate in the area of Accounting,Finance and Taxation. [1] [4]
Prior to entering politics,Takyi worked as a lecturer at the Kumasi campus of the University of Education,Winneba. [1]
He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and currently the member of parliament for the Manso Nkwanta Constituency in the Ashanti Region. [4] [5] [6] He won the NPP Parliamentary primaries for the Manso Nkwanta seat against Joseph Albert Quarm. [7] He subsequently contested against Bance Musah Osmane,an NDC candidate in the December 2020 election. Takyi had 34,408 votes making 76.1% of the total votes cast to win the Manso Nkwanta Constituency seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) whilst the NDC parliamentary aspirant had 10,798 votes making 23.9% of the total votes cast. [8]
He is a member of the Government Assurance Committee and also a member of the Food,Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee. [1]
In February 2021,he presented some school uniforms and PPE to some schools in the Manso Nkwanta Constituency in the Ashanti Region. [9]