Nana Akomea

Nana Akomea (born 5 August 1961) is a Ghanaian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Okaikwei South[1] from 1997 to 2009, representing the New Patriotic Party.

Honourable

Nana Akomea
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Okaikwei South
In office
7 January 1997 – 6 January 2013
Preceded bySamuel Wise Quarcoo
Succeeded byArthur Ahmed
Minister for Information
In office
2003–2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Vice PresidentAliu Mahama
Preceded byJake Obetsebi Lamptey
Succeeded byDan Botwe
MajorityNew Patriotic Party
Ministry for Manpower, Youth and Employment
In office
2007 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byAbubakar Boniface Siddique
Succeeded byStephen Amoanor Kwao
Personal details
Born (1961-08-05) 5 August 1961
Nationality Ghanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Children2
ProfessionJournalist/Advertiser (Communication Expert)

Early life and education

Akomea was born on 5th August 1961.[2] He hails from Nsutam in the Fanteakwa District in the Eastern region of Ghana.[2] In 1991, Akomea obtained a Post Graduate Degree in Communication Studies from the University of Ghana.[2]

Career

Akomea is a Journalist and Advertiser and communication expert.[2] He worked at Focal Point Advertising Company before he became an MP.[2]

Politics

Akomea was the Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party.[3][4] He held this position since 31 January 2011 after the resignation of Kwaku Kwarteng, the previous director. In the political space, he has been the minister of information (2003-2005),[5] and the Minister for Manpower Development and Employment (2007-2009).[4]

Elections

Akomea was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Okaikwei South constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[6] He was elected with 35,438votes out of the 64,916 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 54.6% of total valid votes.[2][7] He was elected over Isaac Mensah of the National Democratic Congress, William Aryee of the Democratic Freedom Party and Anthony Mensah of the Convention People's Party.[7] These obtained 39.77%, 0.36% and 5.28% respectively of total valid votes cast.[7]

1996 Elections

Akomea contested for his constituency on the ticket of the New Democratic Congress in the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. He defeated Agbemor Yeboah Ernest of the National Democratic Congress by obtaining 44.70% of the total votes cast which is equivalent to 35,284 votes whilst his counterpart obtained 29.00% of the total votes cast which is 22,928 votes in equivalence.

Personal life

He is Christian (Presbyterian)[2] and single with two children.[2]

References
  1. Nana Akomea calls dep. minister "stupid fool", at GhanaWeb; published August 6, 2011; retrieved February 4, 2017
  2. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Akomea, Nana". 2016-05-06. Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  3. "Calls for further sanctions against Carlos Ahenkorah needless - Nana Akomea". MyJoyOnline.com. 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  4. Online, Peace FM. "Akomea Roots For Afoko". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  5. Commonwealth Ministers Reference, Book 2003, edited by Cheryl Dorall, published by the Commonwealth Secretariat, 2004
  6. "Results Parliamentary Elections". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  7. Ghana Elections 2008 (PDF). Ghana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. p. 98.
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