Kojo Yankah

Kojo Acquah Yankah (born 16 August 1945) is a former Member of Parliament in Ghana. He also served as a Minister of State in the Rawlings government. He is the founder and President of the African University College of Communications and is also a former editor of the Daily Graphic, the widest circulation newspaper in Ghana.

Hon. Kojo Acquah Yankah
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Agona East
In office 7 January 1993 – 6 January 2001
Succeeded by	Kwaku Adu Yeboah
Majority	4,731 (19.2%)
Ashanti Regional Minister
In office 1998 – 4 November 1999
President	Jerry Rawlings
Succeeded by	Samuel Nuamah-Donkoh
Personal details
Born	16 August 1945 Agona Duakwa, Ghana
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Spouse(s)	Susan Roseline Esi Thompson (deceased) Ekua Essandoh (deceased)
Children	Esi Yankah Dr. Abena Yankah Maame Yankah
Alma mater	University of Ghana

Education

Kojo Yankah was born at Agona Duakwa in the Agona East District of the Central Region of Ghana. His primary education was in various schools in the Central Region. He attended Adisadel College for his secondary education. He then taught for a few years before proceeding to the University of Ghana where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in English.[1]

Communications

After graduation, Kojo Yankah taught at the Adisadel College for two years. He worked with various government institutions including the Information Services Department and the Social Security and National Insurance Trust. In 1982, after the Provisional National Defence Council military government came to power, he was appointed editor of the government owned Daily Graphic newspaper which had the highest circulation in Ghana. He was later appointed Director of the Ghana Institute of Journalism.[1] In 2001, he established the Africa Institute of Journalism and Communications. This institution has now become the African University College of Communications, affiliated to the University of Ghana and with accreditation from the National Accreditation Board in March 2004.[2]

Politics

With the return to party politics in Ghana, Yankah stood for elections as MP in the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election on the National Democratic Congress ticket and won the seat for the Agona East constituency.[3] He retained the seat in the 1996 election to have a second term with 13,336 votes out of the 24,652 valid votes cast representing 43.40% over his Opponents Yeboah Alex Duodo an NPP member who polled 8,605 votes, Kweku James Mensah an NCP member who polled 1,843 votes,Kofi Owusu a CPP member who polled 470 votes, Martin Kobina Nkum an NPP member who polled 389 votes and Kojo A. Yankah an NPP member who also polled 0 votes.[4] During the second term of the Rawlings government, Yankah was first appointed Central Regional Minister. He was later shifted to Ashanti Regional Minister, a position he held for only 11 months before he was moved to the National Development Planning Commission as a Minister of State.[5] This led to his resignation from the government.[6]

Family

Kojo Yankah married Susan Roseline Esi Thompson, a Home Economics tutor in 1977. She died on 30 July 2001 from a respiratory ailment. He was married to Ekua Essandoh.,[1] now deceased.

He is also the brother of Kwesi Yankah who is the Minister of Tertiary Education in Government of Nana Akuffo Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),[7][8]

Publications

• Yankah, Kojo (1982). Crossroads at Ankobea. Accra: Asempa. ISBN 978-9964-78-044-9.
• Yankah, Kojo (1984). End of a journey: or a journalists report from the Libyan Jamahiriya. Dateline. ASIN B001A1GSSQ.
• Yankah, Kojo (1989).Dialogue with the North
• Yankah, Kojo (1990). The story of Namibia. p. 140. ISBN 978-9964-91-002-0.
• Yankah, Kojo (1990). Woes of a Kwatriot: Reflections on the Ghanaian Situation. Woeli Publishing Services. ISBN 978-9964904258.
• Yankah, Kojo (1992). The trial of J.J. Rawlings: Echoes of the 31st December Revolution. U.B. & U.S. Communication Systems. ISBN 978-1564110398.
• Yankah, Kojo (2007). Introduction to Branding and Marketing Communications Management.
• Yankah, Kojo (2009). Otumfuo Osei Tutu II: the King on the Golden Stool.
• Skinner, Chris; Kiuluku, Peter; Tikolo, Kentice; Yankah, Kojo (2016). Proactive Public Relations (Kindle ed.). Moran Publishers and Worldreader.

References

1. "Kojo Yankah - The official website". Official website. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
2. "About the university". African University College of Communications. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
3. "ELECTED PARLIAMENTARIANS - 1992 ELECTIONS". Electoral Commission of Ghana. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
4. "1996 Parliamentary Elections Results" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Ghana. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
5. "Cabinet reshuffles, Kojo Yankah out of Ashanti". General News of Thursday, 4 November 1999. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
6. "Kojo Yankah Resigns". General News of Wednesday, 10 November 1999. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
7. https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Human-Blood-At-Prof-Yankah-s-House-9116
8. https://www.modernghana.com/amp/news/887880/yankah-versus-yankah.html

External links

• Official website