Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is a Ghanaian politician and member of the
Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Juaboso Constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
Early life and education
Akandoh was born on 19 June 1980. He hails from Sefwi Antobia a town in the
Western Region of
Ghana
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. He obtained his
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
in Statistics and Mathematics from the
University of Cape Coast
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in 2007.
Career
Prior to entering politics, Akandoh was assistant director in charge of National Voluntary Programme of the National Service Scheme at its Head Office in
Accra.
Politics
Akandoh entered parliament on 7 January 2013 representing the
Juaboso Constituency on the ticket of the
National Democratic Congress. He was elected to represent the constituency in the Seventh and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
2016 election
Akandoh contested the Juaboso constituency on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the
2016 Ghanian general election and won with 17, 233 votes representing 51.91% of the total votes. He was elected over Martha Kwayie Manu of
New Patriotic Party
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, Stephen Mintah Cletron of NDP, Oppong Ernestina of
Convention People's Party
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and Abdul- Karim Ibraimah Ibrahim of PNC. They obtained 15, 604 votes, 164 votes, 111 votes and 87 votes respectively. These is equivalent to 47.00%, 0.49%, 0.33% and 0.26% of the total votes respectively.
2020 election
Akandoh was again elected as a member of parliament for
Juaboso (Ghana parliament constituency) on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the
2020 Ghanian general election with 22, 304 votes representing 53.10% of the total votes. He won the election over Martha Kwayie Manu of New Patriotic Party who polled 19, 199 votes which is equivalent to 45.70%, parliamentary candidate for GUM Teye Nicholas had 341 votes representing 0.81%, Elijah Appiah Frimpong of PNC had 94 votes representing 0.22% and the parliamentary candidate for Convention People's Party Oppong Ernestina had 69 votes representing 0.16% of the total votes.
Personal life
Akandoh is married with five children. He identifies as a Christian and belongs to the Anglican denomination.
Akandoh had an accident on the Nyinahin- Kumasi road in 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 ...
of Ghana on Saturday, 29 July 2023 when his car collided with a Sprinter.
References
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Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021
1980 births
Living people
National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians
University of Cape Coast alumni
Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025
Ghanaian MPs 2013–2017