Paul Collins Appiah Ofori

Paul Collins Appiah Ofori is a Ghanaian politician and was the Member of Parliament for the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa electorate in the Central Region of Ghana.

Hon.

Paul Collins Appiah Ofori
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa
In office
January 1996 – Jan 2013
Preceded byJacob Emmanuel Oppong
Member of Parliament
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufour
Member of Parliament
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Succeeded byGeorgina Nkrumah Aboah
Personal details
Born (1943-08-14) 14 August 1943
Ghana
Nationality Ghanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materICSA, London
OccupationManagers/Administrators[1]

Early life and education

Appiah-Ofori was born on 19 August 1943.[2] He hails from Breman Asikuma in the Central Region of Ghana.[2] He graduated from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, London.[2]

Employment

Appiah-Ofori worked as the Chief Executive Officer for SIO Industries in Aseba, Delta State, Nigeria from 1987 to 1996.[2]

Politics

He was first chosen to speak and be a representative to the body electorate in 1996 and held his seat in the 2000,[3] 2004[4] and 2008[5] Ghanaian parliamentary political decision elections. He is an individual from the New Patriotic Party. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[2][6] He was elected with 18,908 out of the 37,015 valid votes cast , equivalent to 48.9% of the total valid votes cast.[2][7] He was elected against Georgina Nkrumah Aboah of the National Democratic Congress, Anthony Robert Frempong of the Democratic Freedom Party and Comfort Willson Aggrey of the Convention People's Party.[7] These obtained 47.88%, 1.29% and 1.95% respectively of total valid votes cast.[7]

Personal life

Appiah-Ofori is married with three children.[2] He is a christian(Methodist).[2]

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506154046/http://ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=79
  2. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Appiah-Ofori, P.C." 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. "list of voted mps".
  4. (PDF). 12 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110112175254/http://www.ec.gov.gh/userfiles/file/2004ParliamentaryDetResults.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF). 26 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100326210858/http://www.ec.gov.gh/userfiles/Central.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Results Parliamentary Elections". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. Ghana Elections 2008 (PDF). Ghana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. p. 79.
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