George Isaac Amoo is a Ghanaian politician who was member of parliament for the
Ayawaso West
Ayawaso West or Ayawaso West Wuogon is one of the constituencies in Accra represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Ayawaso West is located in the Accra Metropoli ...
Wuogon Constituency from January 2001 to January 2005. He was the 3rd national coordinator of the
National Disaster Management Organization
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) is the government agency that is responsible for the management of disasters as well as other emergencies in Ghana. The board operates under Ghana's Ministry of Interior.
History
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in Ghana.
NADMO coordinator
Amoo was appointed by President John Kufour as the national coordinator of NADMO. He served in that capacity from August 2006 to December 2007.
Politics
Amoo is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency in the Greater Accra region in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was succeeded by
Akosua Frema Osei-Opare
Frema Opare, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare (born 1948) is an astute development practitioner, an academic, and a Ghanaian politician. She represented Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency in the Parliament of Ghana. She is the current and first female Chief ...
in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections.
Elections
Amoo was elected as the member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency in the
2000 Ghanaian general election
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 December. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. His constituency was a part of the 16 parliamentary seats out of 22 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Greater Accra Region. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 17,555 votes out of 31,648 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 56.2% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah of the National Democratic Congress, Jane Chinebuah of the National Reform Party and Samuel Addy of the People's National Convention. These obtained 11,338, 1, 077, 715, and 477 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 36.5%, 3.5%, 2.3% and 1.5% respectively of total valid votes cast.