Elmina is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of Ghana in the Central Region. It is situated on a bay on the Atlantic Ocean,12.2 km (7.6 mi) west of Cape Coast. Elmina was the first European settlement in West Africa and it has a population of 33,576 people,as of 2013. The current Municipality chief of Elmina is Solomon Ebo Appiah.
Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District is one of the twenty-two districts in the Central Region of Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988,when it was known as Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District,it was created from the Cape Coast Municipal Council,until it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on 29 February 2008,to become Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem Municipal District. The municipality is located in the southwest part of Central Region and has Elmina as its capital town.
Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abbrem 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. Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abbrem is located in the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem district of the Central Region of Ghana.
In several Akan nations of Ghana,the Omanhene is the title of the supreme traditional ruler ('king') in a region or a larger town. The omanhene is the central figure and institution of the nation. Officially,he has no function in the current Ghanaian political setup,but,has enormous influence on the people that constitute it. Today 'Hene' can be found in titles of other rulers in Ghanaian nations. For example,the chief of the Dagomba in the north of Ghana is known as the 'Dagombahene'.
Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region,Ghana. Originally created as a municipal district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Cape Coast Municipal District,which was created from the Cape Coast Municipal Council;until it was later elevated to metropolitan district assembly status on 29 February 2008 to become Cape Coast Metropolitan District. The municipality is located in the southwest part of Central Region and has Cape Coast as its capital town;which is also the regional capital of the Central Region.
Agona Abirem is a town in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) Municipality in the Central region of Ghana. The town is known for the Eguafo-Abrem Secondary School. The school is a second cycle institution.
Progressive People's Party (PPP) is a political party in Ghana. It was formed in 2012 by Paa Kwesi Nduom,a businessman,politician and a former presidential candidate for the Convention People's Party during the 2008 general election. The PPP pulled 64,267 popular votes in the 2012 general elections with Papa Kwesi Nduom as a flagbearer and Brigitte Dzogbenuku as the running mate,making it the third-largest party and the second-largest opposition party in Ghana.
Michael Abu Sakara Foster is a Ghanaian agronomist and politician. He was the candidate of the Convention People's Party for the Ghanaian presidential election in December 2012.
Elmina is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District in the Central Region of Ghana.
GN Bank is an indigenous private Ghanaian owned commercial bank in Ghana. GN Bank is one of the private commercial banks licensed to operate in Ghana. GN Bank has over 260 locations across the 10 regions of Ghana.
Yvonne Nduom is a Ghanaian public figure,known chiefly as the wife of the leader of the Progressive People's Party. She is currently the Executive Chairperson of Coconut Grove Hotels.
Komenda College of Education is a co-educational teacher education college in Komenda,Central Region (Ghana). It is one of the 46 public colleges of education in Ghana and participated in the DFID-funded Transforming Teacher Education and Learning Ghana (T-TEL) programme. In 2017,Komenda CoE implemented a project to go paperless. The Principal is Rev. Prof. Kwesi Nkum Wilson.
Samuel Atta Mills is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Constituency in the Central Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
Nana Ato Arthur is the member of parliament for Komenda-Edina-Ehuafo-Abirem in the Central region of Ghana.
Joseph Annan is a Ghanaian politician. He was the Member of Parliament representing the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abrem constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.
Dr Ato Quarshie is a Ghanaian politician and a former member of the First,Second and Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Komenda Edina Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana.
Agyeman Badu Akosa is a Ghanaian pathologist,academic,politician and social commentator. He served as the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service from 2002 to 2006. He is a member of the Convention People's Party and is a well-known believer in the ideals of Kwame Nkrumah,founder of the CPP. He contested for the Party's presidential candidate ahead the 2008 General elections and lost to Dr. Paa Kwesi Ndoum. He is a professor of Pathology. He is an advocate on lifestyle issues.
Samuel Kobina Casely Osei-Baidoo is a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana. He represented the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem constituency under the membership of the progress party (PP).
