Samuel Nkrumah Gyimah

Samuel Nkrumah Gyimah is a Ghanaian politician and also a teacher. He served as a member of parliament for the Odotobri constituency in Ashanti region of Ghana in the 2nd and 3rd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[1][2]

Hon.

Samuel Nkrumah Gyimah
Member of Parliament for Odotobri Constituency
In office
7 January 1997 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materUniversity of Ghana
ProfessionTeacher

Early life and Education

Samuel Nkrumah Gyimah was born in 1952.He studied at the University of Ghana.He is an old student of Boa Amponsem Secondary School.Started his early education at Jacobu where he was born. Hon. Samuel Nkrumah-Gyimah has passed on and his burial and funeral is scheduled to take place at Jacobu on 7 November 2020 at Jacobu in the Amansie Central District of Ashanti

Politics

He is a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana who took seat during the 2000 Ghanaian general election. He represented in 1996 Ghanaian general election on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. Unfortunately, he lost the seat in 2004 to Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi of New Patriotic Party. During his seat, Mr Samuel Nkrumah Gyimah has appealed to the government to construct and rehabilitate feeder roads and culverts in the rural areas.[3]

Elections

Gyimah was first elected into Parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the December 1996 Ghanaian General Elections for the Odotobri Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He 17,564 votes out of the 25,065 valid votes cast representing 58.30% against George Adu-Mensah an NDC member who polled7,501 votes and Veronica Rita Akosua Nsafoah an IDN member who poled 0 vote.[4]

Gyimah was elected as the member of parliament for the Odotobri constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[5] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[5] His constituency was a part of the 31 parliamentary seats out of 33 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[6] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats.[7] He was elected with 18,395 votes out of total valid votes cast.[5] This was equivalent to 80% of total valid votes cast.[5] He was elected over John A. Frimpong of the National Democratic Congress, Francis A.A. Minta of the Convention People's Party and Isaac Owusu of the People's National Convention.[5] These obtained 3,579, 668 and 357 votes respectively of total valid votes cast.[5] These were equivalent to 15.6%, 2.9% and 1.6% respectively of total valid votes cast.[5]

References
  1. "Ghana MPs - List of 2013 - 2017 (6th Parliament) MPs". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  2. "Members of Parliament of Greater Accra Region". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. "MP appeals for rehabilitation of rural roads". www.ghanaweb.com. 31 October 2003. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  4. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Odotobri Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Odotobri Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  6. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Ashanti Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  7. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.


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