He was born on 1 April 1970.[3] He hails from Mampong in Ashanti region.[1] He had his Executive Master's at GIMPA in 2008.[3] He also has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at University of Ghana in 1996.[1]
Employment
Sarfo-Mensah is a farmer/agriculturist.[1] He has worked as an Assistant Revenue Officer of VAT Service.[1] He has thus worked as a Public Servant,specifically Tax Officer.[4] In 2017,he also served as the Director-General of the National Sports Authority of Ghana after his appointment by then president Nana Akuffo Addo.[5][6][7] He was,however,suspended from the position by the same president after news of his involvement in a visa scandal in the then ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast,Australia surfaced.[5][8] In a Ghanaian investigative journalism expose,named Number 12,Sarfo-Mensah was allegedly caught on tape receiving money from Tiger Eye PI team to facilitate matches by ensuring a player was allowed to play in a football match.[6]
Politics
He became a member of Parliament in 2005. He is a member of New Patriotic Party.[1][2] He became the member of parliament for the first time in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[9] He represented the Asunafo North constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region.[4][10] He maintained his seat as the member of parliament for the Asunafo North constituency for the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[11][5]
Elections
Sarfo-Mensah was first elected in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections as the member of parliament for the Asunafo North constituency in the former Brong Ahafo region of Ghana.[9][12] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[9][12] His constituency was part of the 14 parliamentary seats out of 24 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Brong Ahafo Region.[9][12] In that election the New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[12] He was elected with 23,426votes out of 45308 total valid votes cast equivalent to 51.7% of total valid votes cast.[9][13] He was elected over Christina Atakora Mensah of the National Democratic Congress,Benjamin Osei Kufour an independent candidate and Commey Kingsley of the Convention People's Party. These obtained 42.60%,4.60% and 1.20% respectively of total valid votes cast.[9][13]
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