Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo
Hon. Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo | |
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| Member of Parliament for Achiase Constituency | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2021 | |
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| Born | Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo 26 April 1968 Akim Bieni, Ghana |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Managing Director |
| Committees | Privileges Committee; Roads and Transport Committee |
Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Achiase Constituency in the Eastern Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[1][2] He is currently the Board Chairman for the Metro Mass Transit Limited.[3][4][5]
Early life and education
[edit]Marfo was born on 26 April 1968 and hails from Akim Bieni in the Eastern region. He completed his Junior Secondary School Certificate in 1981 and his GCE O level in 1986. He later had his Proficiency Certificate in custom house agency in 2000 and his Executive certificate in 2013. He further had his Executive Masters in 2014.[1]
Career
[edit]Marfo was the Managing Director of KAM-G Services Limited and KAMPHA Logistics Limited.[6]
Political career
[edit]Marfo is a member of NPP and currently the MP for the Achiase Constituency in the Eastern region.[7][8][9] In the 2020 Ghana general elections, he won the parliamentary seat with 14,796 votes making 61.16% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary aspirant Kwasi Akyem Apea-Kubi had 9,154 votes making 37.84% of the total votes cast and the GUM parliamentary candidate Christiana Yeboah had 243 votes making 1% of the total votes cast.[10][11][12]
Committees
[edit]Marfo is a member of the Privileges committee and also a member of Roads and Transport Committee.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Philanthropy
[edit]Marfo presented 16 hair dryers, 2 new buses, 70 new sewing machines and an amount of 10,000 Ghana cedis as a form of scholarship to 20 students at the tertiary level in Achiase.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Final results of Ghana election 2020: Presidential Election Ghana Results update from Electoral Commission of Ghana Headquarters - BBC Pidgin". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Metro Mass Gets New Board – Metro Mass Transit". Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ Online, Peace FM. "Bring Your Expertise To Bear To Turn Around Metro Mass Transit – Transport Minister Charges Board". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ admin (2021-09-20). "Use your expertise to turn around fortunes of MMTL-Minister". Ghanaian Times. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ a b "Marfo, Kofi Ahenkorah". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Let's bury differences - NPP". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Minority not divided in parliament – Achiase MP". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Election2024: We're not ready to break the 8 if… - NPP MP". e.TVGhana. 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Achiase Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ FM, Peace. "2020 Election - Achiase Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Achiase Summary - 2020 Elections". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
- ^ "Achiase MP Donates 70 Sewing Machines And Cash To Boost Lives Of His Constituents". AHENKAN FM 93.3 AKYEM ABOABO-GH. Retrieved 2022-08-17.