Richard Quashigah | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Keta | |
In office 7 January 2013 –6 January 2021 | |
Preceded by | Richard Agbenyefia-Lassey |
Succeeded by | Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Mawuli Koku Quashigah 16 October 1968 |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | National Democratic Congress |
Richard Mawuli Koku Quashigah (born 16 October 1968) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Keta Constituency in the Volta Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. [1]
Quashigah is a Christian (Action Chapel Int.). He is married (with one child)Richard,was the NDC Member of Parliament,Keta Constituency,from 7 January 2013 to 7 January 2021,he was the member of the Public Accounts Committee as well as the Communications Committee of Parliament. He is also the Deputy Ranking on Parliament's Committee on Employment,Social Welfare and State Enterprises. He is also Vice Chairman of the Ghana/Korea Parliamentary Friendship Association. [1]
Quashigah was born on 16 October 1968. He hails from Kedzi-Keta,a town in the Volta Region of Ghana. [1] He entered University of Wales,Cardiff,UK and obtained his master's degree in International Journalism in 2002. [1]
Richard,the NDC Member of Parliament,Keta Constituency,since January 2013,is a member of the Public Accounts Committee as well as the Communications Committee of Parliament. He is also the Deputy Ranking on Parliament's Committee on Employment,Social Welfare and State Enterprises. He is also Vice Chairman of the Ghana/Korea Parliamentary Friendship Association.
Richard in January 2010 was elected as the National Propaganda Secretary of the NDC,serving a four-year term in that capacity;(that position is now designated as National Communication Officer. He proposed the motion for the change of name).
Earlier,Richard was the Greater Accra Regional Propaganda Secretary and has since the year 1996 through to 2006 been a member of the National Publicity Committee of the NDC. Subsequently,in 2007,Richard was a member and convener of the National Communications Committee of the NDC.
During the NDC campaign 2008,working to Madam Hannah Tetteh,Richard was in charge of building documentaries,T V commercials,media purchase and placement,media monitoring as well as scheduling of NDC spokespersons.
Richard has been and still is a member of the Keta Constituency of the NDC. [1]
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