Kofi Adams

Kofi Adams is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the National Democratic Congress. [1][2]He is the member of Parliament Elect for the Buem Constituency in the Oti region.[3] He is a former National Organizer for the National Democratic Congress.[4]

Hon.

Kofi Adams
Member of Parliament Elect for
Buem Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
Nationality Ghanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress

Politics

He has served as deputy General Secretary in the past for the National Democratic Congress.[5] In December 2014, he was elected as National Organizer for the party in the National Executive elections.[6]

Member of parliament

Adams won the parliamentary bid to represent the National Democratic Congress for the Buem Constituency ahead of the 2020 elections. Adams secured 388 votes to unseat incumbent member of parliament Daniel Kosi Ashaimah who polled 280 votes. The others Ibrahim Adams Muniru and Daniel Adeapena polled 95 and nine votes respectively.[7][8]

In December 2020, Adams won the Buem Constituency. He won by getting 18528 votes representing 71.38% against his closest contender Lawrence Kwami Aziale of the New Patriotic Party who had 6843 votes representing 26.5%. [9]

References
  1. Amoh, Emmanuel Kwame (2020-12-06). "NDC PC Kofi Adams descends heavily on EC after Buem directive". 3NEWS. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  2. "NDC's Kofi Adams wins Buem Constituency". Graphic Online. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  3. "NDC's Kofi Adams wins Buem Constituency". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  4. Ghana, News (2014-08-22). "J. J Roots For Kofi Adams As NDC Organizer". News Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  5. "Kofi Adams optimistic of winning NDC primaries in Buem Constituency". The Ghana Report. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  6. Ankiilu, Masahudu (2014-12-21). "Ghana: NDC Elects New Executives As Portuphy Wins Chairmanship Race". African Eye Report. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  7. "#NDCDecides: Kofi Adams triumphs in Buem, beats incumbent MP". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  8. "NDC primaries: Kofi Adams unseats incumbent Buem MP". www.ghanaweb.com. 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  9. FM, Peace. "2020 Election - Buem Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-12-23.


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