Robert Sarfo-Mensah a Ghanaian politician and member of the Fifth and Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing Asunafo North in the Brong Ahafo region of

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Early life and education

He was born on 1 April 1970 He hails from Mampong in Ashanti region. He had his Executive Master's at

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in 2008. He also has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at

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in 1996.

Employment

Sarfo-Mensah is a farmer/agriculturist. He has worked as an Assistant Revenue Officer of VAT Service. He has thus worked as a Public Servant, specifically Tax Officer. In 2017, he also served as the Director-General of the National Sports Authority of Ghana after his appointment by then president Nana Akuffo Addo. He was, however, suspended from the position by the same president after news of his involvement in a visa scandal in the then ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia surfaced. In a Ghanaian investigative journalism expose, named Number 12, Sarfo-Mensah was allegedly caught on tape receiving money from Tiger Eye PI team to facilitate matches by ensuring a player was allowed to play in a football match.

Politics

He became a member of Parliament in 2005. He is a member of

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. He became the member of parliament for the first time in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He represented the Asunafo North constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region. He maintained his seat as the member of parliament for the Asunafo North constituency for the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Elections

Sarfo-Mensah was first elected in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections as the member of parliament for the Asunafo North constituency in the former Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. He won on the ticket of the

. His constituency was part of the 14 parliamentary seats out of 24 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Brong Ahafo Region. In that election the New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 23,426votes out of 45308 total valid votes cast equivalent to 51.7% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Christina Atakora Mensah of the National Democratic Congress, Benjamin Osei Kufour an independent candidate and Commey Kingsley of the

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. These obtained 42.60%, 4.60% and 1.20% respectively of total valid votes cast. He was elected again in the

2008 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2008. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo of the govern ...

s with 24,162 votes out of the 45,642 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 52.9% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Mohammed Kwaku Doku of the National Democratic Congress, Stephen Keabena of the Democratic People's Party and Seth George Mensah of the

. These obtained 46.16%, 0.30% and 0.60% of total valid votes cast.

Personal life

Robert is married with four children. He is a

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarfo-Mensah, Robert New Patriotic Party politicians Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013 Ghanaian MPs 2013–2017 University of Ghana alumni 1970 births Living people