Kojo Obed Amoako-Prempeh

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Kojo Obed Amoako-Prempeh
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Akan
In office
1979–1981

Kojo Obed Amoako-Prempeh was a Ghanaian public servant and politician. He was the member of parliament for the Akan Wawa constituency from 9 June 1965 to February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown. [1] [2] [3] At the inception of the third republic, he was elected as the member of parliament for the Akan constituency on the ticket of the People's National Party. [4] He served in this capacity from 1979 to 1981. Prior to politics, he was the Volta Region regional loans officer for the Cocoa Marketing Board. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "State C.M.B. Newsletter, Issues 28–33". Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board. 1965. p. 22.
  2. "Ghana Year Book 1966". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic. 1966. p. 22.
  3. "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Ghana National Assembly. 1965. p. iii.
  4. "West Africa, Issues 3233–3258". West Africa Issues. Afrimedia International. 1979. p. 1910.