Nii Okaidja Adamafio is a Ghanaian politician. He was the

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in the

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from 1997 to 2001. He was the first

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from 1997 to 2001 in the Odododiodoo constituency.

Early life and education

Adamafio is a

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and was born in Accra,

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. He attended La Bone Secondary School, and graduated in 1964.

Politics

Adamafio served as

for Odododiodoo constituency in the

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of Ghana for two paliamantary sittings. He stood for the position of a

for the Odododiodoo constituency in the year 1992 and won. He again contested and won in the

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s, on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress with a total valid votes of 29,142 representing 35.40%. This was against his opponents; S.A. Odoi Sykes of the

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who polled 27,097 votes which represented 32.90% of the total valid votes, Samuel Agoe Lantei Lamptey of the People's National Convention who also polled 1, 231 votes representing 1.50% of the total valid votes, Emmanuel Nii Korley Adu Tetteh of the National Convention Party who polled 641 votes which represented 0.80% of the total valid votes and Nii Noi Nortey of the

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who polled 528 votes which represented 0.60% of the total valid votes cast. In the 2000 election he secured 24,181 votes (43.9%), losing his seat to Reginald Nii Bi Ayibonte.Parliamentary Election Results Trend Odododiodioo Region
thinkghana.com Adamafio has once served as

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under the leadership of His Excellency the Ex-President of Ghana, President Jerry John Rawlings. As a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Adamafio rose to become the vice-chairman of the party. In February 2006 he resigned from the National Democratic Congress."Rescind decision to resign - Okaidja urged"
Ghana News Agency, 9 February 2006. And in 2008 he became the vice-chairman of the

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(DFP).Bismark Bebli
Ghana: Fallout From DFP Congress
allAfrica.com, 7 April 2008.

References

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