Enchi is a town located in the Western North Region of Ghana. It is the capital of the Aowin Municipality. Other major towns in the Municipality includes: Old and New Yakasi, Achimfo, Boinso, Jema, Omanpe, Sewum, Jensue, Yiwabra, Yiwabra Nkwanta, Nyankomam, Kwawu, Abochia, and Jomoro. The largest water body in the Municipality is the Tano river whose tributary, the Desue (Disue), flows through the township of Enchi.
William Ofori Atta, popularly called "Paa Willie", was a Ghanaian founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and one of the founding fathers of Ghana as one of "The Big Six" detained by the British colonial government in the then Gold Coast. He later became a Minister for Foreign Affairs in Ghana's second republic between 1971 and 1972.
Aaron Eugene Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, was a Ghanaian educator, lawyer and politician who served as the fourth Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.
Agogo is a town in the Asante Akim North Municipal District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Agogo is approximately 80 kilometers (50 mi) east of Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region, and had a population of 28,271 in the 2000 census. Computer projections estimate that the 2007 population was 32,859.
Papa Owusu-Ankomah is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He served as Member of Parliament for the Sekondi constituency from 1996 to 2016. In June 2017 Papa Owusu-Ankomah was appointed Ghana's High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland. His tour of duty ended on 30 November 2020 but was re-appointed to the same position in 2021 and is High Commissioner to date. He met the Queen Elizabeth II when he was presenting his Letters of Credence at the Buckingham Palace in London.
Bantama is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Bantama is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Nana Sir Ofori Atta I, KBE was the Okyenhene or King of the Akyem people and of Akyem Abuakwa, a traditional kingdom that stretches back to the thirteenth century and was one of the most influential kingdoms of the then Gold Coast Colony. He ruled from his election in 1912 until his death in 1943.
Agona West is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Agona West constituency is located in the Agona district of the Central Region of Ghana. The current MP for Agona West constituency is Mrs. Ernestina Ofori Dangbey.
Paul Collins Appiah Ofori is a Ghanaian politician and was the Member of Parliament for the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa electorate in the Central Region of Ghana.
Ebenezer Ofori is a Ghanaian professional footballer who recently played for Danish club Vejle Boldklub as a midfielder.
Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, is a Ghanaian investment banker who served as the Minister for Finance and Economic Planning in the cabinet of Nana Akufo-Addo from 2017 to 2024. He was a co-founder of Databank Group, a Ghanaian financial services company, and served as executive chairman until 2012 when he resigned. He was nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo on 10 January 2017 and assumed office on 27 January 2017 as finance minister. On February 14, 2024, he was relieved of his position as the finance minister of Ghana by Nana Akufo-Addo.
Esther Obeng Dapaah is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. She was the member of parliament for Abirem constituency in the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
Patricia Appiagyei is a Ghanaian politician, one-time Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister and the first female mayor of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, representing Asokwa Constituency. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party in Ghana.
Richard Ofori is a Ghanaian professional footballer who play for AmaZulu FC of the South African Premier Division and the Ghana national football team as a goalkeeper.
Kwaku Ofori Asiamah is a Ghanaian politician serving as Minister for Transport in Ghana under the cabinet of President Nana Akufo-Addo since February 2017.
Kwame Twumasi Ampofo is a Ghanaian politician and a current member of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana and a member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Sene West Constituency in the Bono East Region of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Joseph Kwadwo Ofori is a former Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Akan constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana as an independent.
Nana Yaw Edward Ofori-Kaguru is a hotelier and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Besome-Freho constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th and 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He was an independent member of the Parliament.
Agyare Koi Larbi was a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was a former member of Parliament for the then-Akropong constituency now known as the Akuapem North Constituency of the eastern region of Ghana. Larbi was also a former member of the parliamentary committee on education. He died in Accra on 10 November 2008.
Dr. Justice Yaw Ofori is a Ghanaian Chartered Insurance Professional and the current Commissioner of Insurance of the National Insurance Commission of Republic of Ghana since July 2017. He was appointed by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in 2017 to replace Ms Lydia Lariba Bawa.
