Isaac Yaw Opoku
Hon. Isaac Yaw Opoku MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for Offinso South Constituency | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ben Abdallah Banda |
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| Born | Isaac Yaw Opoku 27 August 1957 Offinso, Ghana |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Committees | Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee, Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee |
Isaac Yaw Opoku is a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament for the Offinso South constituency in the Ashanti region of Ghana.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]He was born on 27 August 1957 and hails from Offinso in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He holds a PhD in mycology in 1993.[1]
Career
[edit]He was the executive director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana under Cocobod.[1][5][6][7][8]
Political career
[edit]He is a member of the NPP and currently the MP for Offinso South Constituency.[9][10] In the 2020 General Elections, he won the parliamentary seat with 39,971 votes, whilst Yussif Haruna had 19,952 votes.[11]
Committees
[edit]He is a member of the Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee and also a member of the Trade, Industry, and Tourism Committee.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Opoku is a Christian.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "Dr Isaac Yaw Opoku". DailyGuide Network. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "More efforts are needed to combat cocoa swollen shoot disease". GhanaWeb. 2021-07-09. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "MP Hails Ghana's Cocoa Production Record". DailyGuide Network. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN GHANA VISIT THE COCOA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA". china-embassy ghana. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Work hard to sustain new level of cocoa production". The Chronicle Online. 2021-11-04. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Construction of cocoa flavour lab, quality training centre underway at Tafo". Ghanaian Times. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Cocobod - [News Article Title]". cocobod.gh. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ a b "Opoku, Yaw Isaac". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Confirmation of the MCE - Offinso Municipality Assembly". 2021-10-05. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ FM, Peace. "2020 Election - Offinso South Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
