John Frank Abu

Abu was elected as the member of parliament for the Amenfi Central constituency in the Western region of Ghana in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. He therefore represented the constituency in the Third parliament of the Fourth republic of Ghana.[7] He was elected with 13,319 votes out of 24,514 total valid votes cast.[7] This is equivalent to 54.30% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Padmore Kofi Arthur of the New Patriotic Party, Osei Kofi of the Peoples National Convention Party and George K.Essem-Koffie of the Convention Peoples Party.[7] These obtained 10,208, 527 and 460 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast, equivalent to 41.60%, 2.10% and 1.90% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[7][8][9] The National Democratic Congress won a total of 9 seats out of 19 seats in the Western Region in that election. In all, the party won a minority total of 89 parliamentary representation out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[10]

In 2001, He condemned the Government of Ghana, for not putting in place effective policies to advance the mining sector in the country. The sector, which he claimed is on the verge of collapse in the future.[11]