Isaac Yaw Opoku

Isaac Yaw Opoku is a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament for the Offinso South constituency in the Ashanti region of Ghana.[1][2][3][4]

Hon.
Isaac Yaw Opoku
MP
Member of Parliament for Offinso South Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Preceded byBen Abdallah Banda
Personal details
Born
Isaac Yaw Opoku

(1957-08-27) 27 August 1957
Offinso, Ghana
OccupationPolitician
CommitteesMembers Holding Offices of Profit Committee, Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee

Early life and education

He was born on 27 August 1957 and hails from Offinso in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He holds a PhD in Mycology in 1993.[1]

Career

He was the executive director of Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana under Cocobod.[1][5][6][7][8]

Political career

He is a member of NPP and currently the MP for Offinso South Constituency.[9][10] In the 2020 General Elections, he won the parliamentary seat with 39,971 votes whilst Yussif Haruna had 19,952 votes.[11]

Committees

He is a member of the Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee and also a member of the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee.[1]

Personal life

Opoku is a Christian.[9]

References

  1. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. "Dr Isaac Yaw Opoku". DailyGuide Network. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  3. "More efforts are needed to combat cocoa swollen shoot disease". GhanaWeb. 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  4. "MP Hails Ghana's Cocoa Production Record". DailyGuide Network. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  5. "THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN GHANA VISIT THE COCOA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA". gh.china-embassy.org. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  6. "Work hard to sustain new level of cocoa production". The Chronicle Online. 2021-11-04. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  7. "Construction of cocoa flavour lab, quality training centre underway at Tafo". Ghanaian Times. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  8. "Cocobod - [News Article Title]". cocobod.gh. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  9. "Opoku, Yaw Isaac". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  10. "Confirmation of the MCE - Offinso Municipality Assembly". 2021-10-05. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  11. FM, Peace. "2020 Election - Offinso South Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.