Patrick Boakye-Yiadom

Patrick Boakye-Yiadom is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghanarepresenting the Obuasi East Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[1][2][3]

Hon. Dr.
Patrick Boakye-Yiadom
Member of Parliament for Obuasi East Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
Born
Patrick Boakye-Yiadom

(1976-11-02) 2 November 1976
Obuasi, Ghana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionMedical Doctor
CommitteesHealth Committee (Vice chairperson); Government Assurance Committee; Works and Housing Committee

Early life and education

Patrick was born on 2 November 1976 and hails from Obuasi in the Ashanti region. He completed his basic in 1988 and his BECE in 1991. He further had his SSSCE in 1994. He further had his bachelor's in Science degree in Human Biology in 2000. He later obtained his MBChB in General Medical Practitioner in 2003.[1] He is a student of KNUST in the 2003 Class of the School of Medical Science.[4]

Career

Patrick was the Deputy Medical Director for the Bryant Mission Hospital in Obuasi.[1][5] He is a medical doctor.[6]

Political career

Patrick is a member of NPP and currently the MP for the Obuasi East Constituency in the Ashanti region.[5][7][8]

2016 General elections

In the 2016 Ghana general elections, he won the parliamentary seat with 27,715 votes whilst the NDC parliamentary aspirant Richard Ofori-Agyeman Boadi had 10,604 votes and the PPP parliamentary aspirant Patrick Aboagye Danyansah also had 1,318 votes whiles the CPP parliamentary aspirant Emmanual Oduro Fosu had 98 votes and the PNC parliamentary Shaibu Fuseini had 66 votes.[9]

2020 General elections

In the 2020 Ghana general elections, he again won the parliamentary seat with 27,583 votes whilst the NDC parliamentary aspirant Samuel Aboagye had 14,786 votes.[10][11][12]

Committees

Patrick is the Vice chairperson of the Health Committee, a member of the Government Assurance Committee and also a member of the Works and Housing Committee.[1]

Personal life

Patrick is a Christian.[5]

Philanthropy

In 2020, Patrick provided about 20 beds to four hospitals in the Obuasi East Constituency.[13][14]

In August 2022, he presented popcorn machines, deep freezers, fufu pounding machines and some bags of charcoal to PWDs in the Obuasi East District.[15][16]

References
  1. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  2. "Obuasi East district gets fair share of infrastructural development". Citinewsroom – Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  3. joydaddymultimedia (2020-01-31). "Obuasi East Constituency Is Grateful To Nana Addo – MP". Bryt FM. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  4. "2003 medical class produces three MPs". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  5. "Boakye-Yiadom, Patrick". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  6. "Obuasi East MP encourages Constituents to take COVID-19 Vaccine". The Publisher Online. 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  7. "Obuasi East District Assembly – Obuasi East District Assembly official website". Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  8. "Obuasi East seat: I'II not contest if Obuasi -Anwiankwanta highways is not rehabilitated- MP threatens". Otec 102.9 FM. 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  9. FM, Peace. "2016 Election – Obuasi East Constituency Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  10. FM, Peace. "2020 Election – Obuasi East Constituency Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  11. "Obuasi East Summary – 2020 Elections". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  12. "Parliamentary Results for Obuasi East". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  13. "GhanaTalksRadio | giving the youth a voice". www.ghanatalksradio.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  14. "MP donates beds to hospitals in Obuasi East". myinfo.com.gh. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  15. GNA. "Gov't lauded for introducing disability fund | News Ghana". newsghana.com.gh. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  16. "We don't see beggars in Obuasi East due to Disability Fund — Obuasi East MP". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2022-08-31.


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