Nana Akomea (born 5 August 1961) is a

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ian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for

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from 1997 to 2009, representing the

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.Nana Akomea calls dep. minister "stupid fool"
at GhanaWeb; published August 6, 2011; retrieved February 4, 2017

Early life and education

Akomea was born on 5 August 1961. He hails from Nsutam in the Fanteakwa District in the Eastern region of Ghana. In 1991, Akomea obtained a Post Graduate Degree in Communication Studies from the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

Career

Akomea is a

Journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

and

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and communication expert. He worked at Focal Point Advertising Company before he became an MP.

Politics

Akomea was the Director of Communications for the

. He held this position since 31 January 2011 after the resignation of Kwaku Kwarteng, the previous director. In the political space, he has been the minister of information (2003-2005),Commonwealth Ministers Reference, Book 2003
edited by Cheryl Dorall, published by the Commonwealth Secretariat, 2004 and the Minister for Manpower Development and Employment (2007-2009).

Elections

Akomea was elected as the Member of Parliament for the

constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 35,438votes out of the 64,916 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 54.6% of total valid votes. He was elected over Isaac Mensah of the National Democratic Congress, William Aryee of the

Democratic Freedom Party The Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) was a political party in Ghana. It was formed in 2006 and eventually merged with the National Democratic Congress in 2011. It came in fourth place in the Ghanaian general election of 2008 with 0.33% of the tot ...

and Anthony Mensah of the

Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a Socialism, 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 Conven ...

. These obtained 39.77%, 0.36% and 5.28% respectively of total valid votes cast.

1996 Elections

Akomea contested for his constituency on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party in the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. He defeated Agbemor Yeboah Ernest of the National Democratic Congress by obtaining 44.70% of the total votes cast which is equivalent to 35,284 votes whilst his counterpart obtained 29.00% of the total votes cast which is 22,928 votes in equivalence.

Personal life

He is Christian (Presbyterian) and single with two children.

References

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