Kwabena Owusu Aduomi

Kwabena Owusu Aduomi
Deputy Minister
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2017
President	Nana Akuffo-Addo
Personal details
Born	(1960-09-17) 17 September 1960 (age 64) Ejisu-Besease, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Political party	Independent Candidate

Kwabena Owusu Aduomi (born 17 September 1960) is a Ghanaian politician and a Member of Parliament of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the deputy minister for Roads and Highways in Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life

Aduomi was born on 17 September 1960 in Ejisu-Besease, Ashanti Region of Ghana.[6]

Personal life

Aduomi identifies as a Christian and a member of the Assemblies of God Church. He is married with six children.[6]

Education

He earned his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 1985.[6]

Career

Aduomi became a maintenance engineer at the highway authority in Tamale in 1987–1994, then proceeded to be a projects manager at highway authorities in the western region in 1994–2002. He became the regional director for highways in the Ashanti region in 2002–2008. He then became a member of the 6th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[7]

Political life

He was elected as MP for Ejisu Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana in 2009. He was selected to join the subsidiary legislation committee and the Local Government and Rural Development Committee.[7]

2012 election

Aduomi contested for Ejisu constituency parliamentary seat in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party in the 2012 Ghanaian general election and won with 51,976 votes representing 80.52% of the total votes. He was elected over Augustus Andrew of the National Democratic Congress, Isaac Prah of the PPP, Richard Nana Asare of the UFP, Rita Nti-Adjei of the Convention People's Party, Lucy Kazapoe of the PNC, Kwaku Adusei of the DPP and Lasisi Fatao of the NDP. They obtained 11, 788 votes, 632 votes, 155 votes, 0 votes, 0 votes, 0 votes and 0 votes respectively, equivalent to 18.26%, 0.98%, 0.24%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00% and 0.00% of the total votes respectively.[8]

2016 election

Aduomi again contested for Ejisu constituency parliamentary seat in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won with 54,508 votes representing 83.79% of the total votes. He won the election over Gloria Korshar Huze of the National Democratic Congress, who polled 9, 485 votes which is equivalent to 14.58%, PPP parliamentary candidate Isaac Prah had 859 votes representing 1.32% and Alex Appiah Koree of the Convention People's Party had 200 votes representing 0.31% of the total votes.[9]

References

1. "Deputy Ministers". Government of Ghana. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
2. "Akufo-Addo releases names of 50 deputy and 4 more ministerial nominees". Graphic Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
3. "List of Akufo-Addo's 50 deputy ministers and four news ministers". Yen Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
4. "Akufo-Addo names 50 deputies, 4 ministers of state". Cifi FM Online. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
5. "Akufo-Addo picks deputy ministers". Ghana Web. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
6. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Owusu-Aduomi, Kwabena". GhanaMps. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
7. "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
8. FM, Peace. "Ejisu Constituency Results - Election 2012". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
9. FM, Peace. "Ejisu Constituency Results - Election 2016". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 15 October 2023.