Joseph Mainoo

Joseph Mainoo
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyConvention Peoples Party
OccupationBusinessman

Joseph Mainoo (also known as Joe Mainoo) was a Ghanaian politician and trader.[1]

Early life

Mainoo hailed from Mbrom District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1]

Career

In August 1954, he was the storekeeper at the Cocoa Purchasing Company (CPC).[2] Mainoo was the Director of Adom-Nsiah Construction Limited.[3] He was also the Assistant Manager of the CPC.[4] In 1974, he was the managing director of the Amalgamated Farmers Marketing Company.[5][6] He was the Chairman of the Tema Development Corporation.[7][8][9] He was also the Chairman of the Tema Local Council.[10][11] He was also the Manager of the Gold Coast Machinery stores.[7] In 1954, he was the Assistant Regional Manager in the Ashanti Region and later became the Regional Manager in 1955.[12]

Politics

Mainoo was a member of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP).[13][14][15] In 1958, he contested for the CPP as a Member of Parliament and lost in Ashanti New Town.[1]

Personal life

Mainoo was the son in law of Mrs. Hagar Nicholls who was the first trained nurse-midwife in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[16]

Controversy

In May 1969, Mainoo's asset together with other CPP members were investigated but later the investigation was discontinued.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c Austin, Dennis (1976). Ghana Observed: Essays on the Politics of a West African Republic. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-8419-0278-7.
  2. ^ Ghana (1969). White Paper on the Report of Manyo-Plange Commission of Equiry Into the Assets of Specified Persons. Ghana Publishing Corporation (Print. Division).
  3. ^ Aryeh, Elvis D. (2002-07-22). Daily Graphic: Issue 148581 July 22, 2002. Graphic Communications Group.
  4. ^ Allman, Jean Marie (1993-08-01). The Quills of the Porcupine: Asante Nationalism in an Emergent Ghana. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-13763-2.
  5. ^ Nkrumah, I. K. (1974-12-28). Daily Graphic: Issue 7529 December 28 1974. Graphic Communications Group.
  6. ^ Kotey, R. A.; Gyekye, L. O. (1974). Internal Marketing of Cocoa in Ghana. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana.
  7. ^ a b Barnor, Mathew Anum (2001). A Socio-medical Adventure in Ghana: Autobiography of Dr. M.A. Barnor. Vieso Universal. ISBN 978-9988-7960-2-0.
  8. ^ Assembly, Ghana National (1961). Parliamentary Debates: National Assembly Official Report. Government Printing Department (Publications Branch).
  9. ^ Ordinance, Ghana Committee of Enquiry into the Operation of the Rent Control (1962). Report of the Committee of Enquiry Into the Operation of the Rent Control Ordinance (No. 2 of 1952). Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
  10. ^ Council, Ghana Commission of Enquiry into the Accra-Tema City (1968). Interim and Final Reports of the Commission of Enquiry Into the Accra-Tema City Council.
  11. ^ Ghana Today. 1963.
  12. ^ Coast, Gold (1956). Government Proposals in Regard to the Future Constitution and Control of Statutory Boards and Corporations in the Gold Coast: Report of the Commission of Enquiry Into the Affairs of the Cocoa Purchasing Company Limited. Government Printer.
  13. ^ Hess, Janet Berry (2006-02-20). Art and Architecture in Postcolonial Africa. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7864-2076-6.
  14. ^ Ghana (1963). Local Government Bulletin.
  15. ^ Hatch, John Charles (1956). New from Africa. D. Dobson.
  16. ^ Addo-Twum, J. K. (September 1978). Daily Graphic: Issue 8668 September 1 1978. Graphic Communications Group.
  17. ^ Ofori, Henry (1969-05-14). Daily Graphic: Issue 5,790 May 14 1969. Graphic Communications Group.