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Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for South Dayi | |
Assumed office 7 January 2017 | |
Preceded by | Simon Edem Asimah |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 December 1976 |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | National Democratic Congress |
Alma mater | University of Ghana |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Member of Public Accounts;Standing Orders;Constitutional,Legal &Parliamentary Affairs committees | |
Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor is a Ghanaian politician and the Member of Parliament representing the South Dayi constituency in the Volta Region. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. [1]
Dafeamekpor obtained a B.Sc. degree in tourism from the University of Cape Coast. He also completed the LL. B. at the University of Ghana. He proceeded to the Ghana School of Law where he qualified as a Barrister-at-Law. [1]
Prior to becoming an MP,Dafeamekpor was a Senior Associate at the Hayibor,Djarbeng and Company law firm based at Kokomlemle,a suburb of Accra. [1]
He first entered parliament following the 2016 Ghanaian general election where he won the seat with 71.44% of the votes. This gave him an eight percent majority. [2] [3] [4] In the 2020 general election,he retained his seat with a reduced majority of 1.26%,having won 72.7% of the total votes cast. [5] [6] He has served on the Public Accounts committee,the Standing Orders committee and the Constitutional,Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee of parliament. [7]
Dafeamekpor is a Christian and he is married with four children. [1] [8]
On 14 August 2021,it was reported he was involved in an accident on the Aveyime road in the Volta region. His vehicle was claimed to have somersaulted two times after a Kia truck crossed his envoy and crashed his vehicle. [9] [10] He was later released from the 37 Military Hospital after he receiving treatment. [11] [12]
In January 2025,Dafeamekpor was suspended by Alban Bagbin for 2 weeks after he was involved in chaos during the sitting of the Appointments Committee. [13]
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