Paul Essien is a

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ian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of the

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Education

He attended Nass Senior High School for his Ordinary level certificate and for his Advanced Level he moved to Nsein Senior High School. He also has a Bachelor Science degree in Statistics from the

University of Cape Coast The University of Cape Coast is a public collegiate university located in the historic town of Cape Coast. The campus has a rare seafront and sits on a hill overlooking the wide Atlantic Ocean. It operates on two campuses: the Southern Campus (O ...

. Prior to that Essien, had obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) from Takoradi polytechnic now

Takoradi Technical University Takoradi Technical University is a public tertiary education institution (university) located in Sekondi-Takoradi, the capital of the Western Region of Ghana. Takoradi Technical University was established as a Government Technical Institute ...

. He did his mandatory national service at GRA (VAT) from 2007 to 2008.

Career

Essien is a teacher by profession. He taught as a mathematics teacher whilst serving as a form master and sports teacher at Annor Adjaye Senior High School from 2008 to 2016. He was the District Sports Chairman from 1998 to 2003.

Politics

Essien is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He is a member of the 7th parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana representing the Jomoro Constituency. He won the bid to represent the constituency after winning in the 2016 parliamentary and presidential elections. He won in a fiercely contested election against most notably Thomas Elleamo Yankey of the National Democratic Congress and Samia Yaaba Christina Nkrumah 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 ...

who is a former member of parliament (2009-2013) and happens to be the daughter of Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah. He won after obtaining 18,694 votes representing 39.49%, whilst Thomas Yankey and

Samia Nkrumah Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah (born 23 June 1960) is a Ghanaian politician and chairperson of the Convention People's Party (CPP). In the 2008 parliamentary election, she won the Jomoro constituency seat at her first attempt. She is the daughte ...

had 14,241 votes representing 30.08% and 9,714 votes representing 20.52% respectively. Essien serves on the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee and the Judiciary Committee in the 7th parliament.

References

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