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Paul Nii Teiko Tagoe was a Ghanaian politician. He served as a minister of state and a member of parliament during the first republic. He was a regional commissioner for the Greater Accra Region, first parliamentary secretary and also a member of parliament for the Ga Rural electoral district.
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