J.B. Machator was the Presiding Member of the

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in the

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of Ghana from 1998 till his death on 20 February 2006. He was a leader of the Kokomba community in the Nkwanta District and a very influential member of the

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. He is on record to be the secret behind the N.P.Ps winning of its only seat in the region in the 2004 presidential and parliamentary elections. He left behind a wife and seven children.

References

"Assembly Member collapses and dies during session"
Ghana News, July 10, 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Machator, J.B. Year of birth missing 2006 deaths New Patriotic Party politicians