John Frank Abu is a

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Politician and a member of the First, second and Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Amenfi Central Constituency in the Western Region of Ghana.Ghana Parliamentary Register He is a former Minister for Mining and Energy and Minister for Trade and Industries. He was also the Western regional Minister in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.

Early life and education

Abu was born in Amenfi Central in the Western Region of

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. He attended the

University of Guelph , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...

, Canada where he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy, PhD. He studied

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at the

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where he gained his Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees.

Politics

In 1997, He was appointed by Jerry John Rawlings as Minister of Mines and Energy. In 2007, He was elected as the NDC's regional chairman for the Western region beating his opponent Mr Seidu Adamu with 68 to 60 votes. Abu was first elected into parliament as member of the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana in the

1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 December 1992, the first since 1979. Voter turnout was just 28.1% amidst a boycott by opposition parties, who had claimed the preceding presidential elections in November – won by former military ...

on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He was in Parliament for the second time during the December

1996 Ghanaian General election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996. In the presidential election, incumbent Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC) was reelected in a single round, defeating John Kufuor ...

. He polled 18,644 votes representing 67.7% out of 27,551 of the valid votes cast over his opponents Emmanuel O.K Duah who polled 8,136 votes representing 25.9% and Kofi Osei who polled 624 votes representing 2.3% , Lawrence K.Afari who polled 147 votes and Kwame Adjei-Amoahene who polled 0 vote.

2000 Elections

Abu was elected as the member of parliament for the Amenfi Central constituency in the Western region of

in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. He therefore represented the constituency in the Third parliament of the Fourth republic of Ghana. He was elected with 13,319 votes out of 24,514 total valid votes cast. This is equivalent to 54.30% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Padmore Kofi Arthur of the

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, Osei Kofi of the Peoples National Convention Party and George K.Essem-Koffie of the Convention Peoples Party. These obtained 10,208, 527 and 460 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast, equivalent to 41.60%, 2.10% and 1.90% respectively of the total valid votes cast. The National Democratic Congress won a total of 9 seats out of 19 seats in the Western Region in that election. In all, the party won a minority total of 89 parliamentary representation out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. In 2001, He condemned the Government of Ghana, for not putting in place effective policies to advance the mining sector in the country. The sector, which he claimed is on the verge of collapse in the future.

Career

Abu is the

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Limited. He is a former Minister of Mines and Energy. He worked as the Minister of Trade and Industries. He is also an Agriculturist.

Personal life

Abu is a Christian.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abu, John Frank Living people National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians University of Ghana alumni University of Guelph alumni Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 Politicians from Western Region (Ghana) Ghanaian Christians Ghanaian MPs 1997–2001 Trade ministers of Ghana Year of birth missing (living people) Ghanaian MPs 1993–1997