Kwabena Mintah Akandoh

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Juaboso Constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[1]

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Juaboso Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2013
Preceded bySampson Ahi
Personal details
Born (1980-06-19) 19 June 1980
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress

Early life and education

Akandoh was born on 19 June 1980. He hails from Sefwi Antobia a town in the Western Region of Ghana. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Mathematics  from the University of Cape Coast in 2007.[1][2][3]

Career

Prior to entering politics, Akandoh was assistant director in charge of National Voluntary Programme of the National Service Scheme at its Head Office in Accra.[1][2][3]

Politics

Akandoh entered parliament on 7 January 2013 representing the Juaboso Constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He was elected to represent the constituency in the Seventh and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [4][1][2][3]

2016 election

Akandoh contested the Juaboso constituency on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanian general election and won with 17, 233 votes representing 51.91% of the total votes. He was elected over Martha Kwayie Manu of New Patriotic Party, Stephen Mintah Cletron of NDP, Oppong Ernestina of Convention People's Party and Abdul- Karim Ibraimah Ibrahim of PNC. They obtained 15, 604 votes, 164 votes, 111 votes and 87 votes respectively. These is equivalent to 47.00%, 0.49%, 0.33% and 0.26% of the total votes respectively.[5]

2020 election

Akandoh was again elected as a member of parliament for Juaboso (Ghana parliament constituency) on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the 2020 Ghanian general election with 22, 304 votes representing 53.10% of the total votes. He won the election over Martha Kwayie Manu of New Patriotic Party who polled 19, 199 votes which is equivalent to 45.70%, parliamentary candidate for GUM Teye Nicholas had 341 votes representing 0.81%, Elijah Appiah Frimpong of PNC had 94 votes representing 0.22% and the parliamentary candidate for Convention People's Party Oppong Ernestina had 69 votes representing 0.16% of the total votes.[6][7][8]

Personal life

Akandoh is married with five children. He identifies as a Christian and belongs to the Anglican denomination.[1][2][3]

Akandoh had an accident on the Nyinahin- Kumasi road in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on Saturday, 29th July 2023 when his car collided with a Sprinter.[9][10][11]

References
  1. "Ghana MPs – List of MPs". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. "HON. KWABENA MINTAH AKANDOH". Parliament of Ghana. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. "HON. KWABENA MINTAH AKANDOH". UKGCC. Archived from the original on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. FM, Peace. "Juaboso Constituency Results - Election 2016". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  6. FM, Peace. "Juaboso Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  7. "Juaboso – Election Data Center – The Ghana Report". Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  8. "Parliamentary Results for Juaboso". mobile.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  9. "Mintah Akandoh Breaks Silence After Surviving Ghastly Accident". GhanaWeb. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  10. "NDC MP Kwabena Minta Akandoh involved in near-fatal accident at Nyinahin - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  11. Bonney, Abigail (30 July 2023). "Latest on accident involving Kwabena Minta Akandoh". Adomonline.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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