Ignatius Kofi Poku-Adusei is a

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politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the

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representing

Bekwai Bekwai is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the

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Early life and education

Poku-Adusei was born on October 25, 1963. He is a product of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,

KNUST , mottoeng = The knot of wisdom is untied only by the wise , established = 1952;

. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences from the university. He is also a product of University of Ghana (UG). From there, he acquired a master's degree in Business Administration.

Career

Poku-Adusei is a teacher/ administrator by profession.

Political career

Poku-Adusei is a member of the

. He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004. He was elected as the member of parliament for the

Bekwai Bekwai is a town and the capital of the Bekwai Municipal, a municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Elections

In the year 2000, Adusei won the general elections as the member of parliament for the

. He won on the ticket of the

. His constituency was a part of the 31 parliamentary seats out of 33 seats won by the

in that election for the

Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...

. The

won a majority total of 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats. He was elected with 30,811 votes out of 36,062 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 85.7% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Michael O.K. Boakye of the National Democratic Congress, Stephen A. Kwarteng of the People's National Convention, Emmanuel K. Adade of the National Reformed Party and Michael O.K. Annan of the

Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Convention (UG ...

. These won 4,260, 340, 333 and 193 votes out of the total valid votes cast respectively. These were equivalent to 11.9%, 0.9%, 0.9% and 0.5% respectively of total valid votes cast. Poku-Adusei was elected as the member of parliament for the

for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He won on the ticket of the

. His constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 34,830 votes out of 43,896 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 79.3% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Janet Adarkwah of the People's National Convention, Jonas Owusu-Boateng of the National Democratic Congress, Grace Abena Nketia of the

, Beatrice Kusi-Appiah an independent candidate. These obtained 870, 3,739, 241 and 4,216 votes respectively of total votes cast. These were equivalent to 2.0%, 8.5%, 0.5% and 9.6% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Personal life

Poku-Adusei is a Christian.

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