Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah

Hon.
Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah
ConstituencyGomoa East
Member of Parliament
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byRichard Sam Quarm
MajorityNDC
Personal details
Born (1972-11-23) 23 November 1972 (age 52)
NationalityGhana Ghanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Cape Coast
OccupationEducationist

Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah is a Ghanaian politician and a member of parliament representing Gomoa East constituency in the Central region of Ghana.[1][2]

Early life and education

Ekow was born on 3 November 1972[3] in Potsin, a town in the Central Region of Ghana.He is a graduate of the University of Cape Coast where he obtained a Diploma in Management Studies in 2006.[2][1]

Politics

He is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[1] He was first elected as member of the parliament to represent Gomoa East Constituency in the 2008 Ghanaian General Elections. He thus represented the constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic. He was elected with 18,908 votes out of the 35,212total valid votes cast, equivalent to 53.70% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Richmond Sam Quarm of the New Patriotic Party, Kofi Otu of the Democratic Freedom Party and Richmond K. Anwumanyi Grant of the Convention People's Party.[4] These obtained 37.77%, 0.76% and 7.78% respectively of total valid votes cast.[4] He also won his re-election bid into the office in the 2012 General Elections but lost his third re-election bid into the office in 2016 General Elections.[5] He was a committee member on Gender and Children, Employment, Social Welfare and State, Public Accounts.[2] He was succeeded in office by kojo Asemanyi of the New Patriotic Party.[5]

Employment

He is an educationist/teacher and was the proprietor of Multi-Care Preparatory School in Gomoa-Potsin.[1][2]

Personal life

Ekow is married with two children. He is a Christian (Methodist).[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Eduamoah, Ekow Panyin Okyere". www.ghanamps.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Ghana Parliament member Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 29 January 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Eduamoah, Ekow Panyin Okyere". Ghana MPs. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b Ghana Elections 2008 (PDF). Ghana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. p. 79. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "2 Years of Hon. Kojo Asemanyi, Million Times Better than 8 Years of Ekow Okyere P. Eduamoah - NPP". KeseNews. 14 January 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.