Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Predecessor: | Benjamin Edwin Quansah |
Successor: | Richard Dornu Nartey |
Death Date: | 2 December 1999 |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | People's Convention Party, Action Congress Party, Convention People's Party |
Occupation: | Banker / politician |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Shama Constituency 1979–81 |
Ernest Nii Tachie-Otoo | |
Parliament: | 1979 |
Honorific-Suffix: | Dr. |
Safohen Dr. Ernest Nii Tachie-Otoo (affectionately known as Uncle Nii), was a Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament in the 3rd Republic of Ghana representing the Shama Constituency.[1] [2]
Tachie-Otoo was a lawyer by profession.[3] He was also the President of the Western and Central Chapters of the Association for Rural Banks. He was also former board chairman of the Lower Pra Rural Bank Limited.
Tachie-Otoo was a member of the People's Convention Party.[4] [5] [6] He was also a member of Action Congress Party.[7] He was the Member of Parliament for the Shama Constituency.[8] He was also a former Western Regional Chairman of the People's Convention Party. In 1996, he again contested for the Shama Constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of Convention People's Party and lost to Richard Dornu Nartey.[9]
Tachie-Otoo was married to Matilda Tachie-Otoo. They had 11 children, 48 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Tachie-Otoo died on 2 December 1999 and was buried on 19 February 2000 at the Nyakrom Royal Cemetery in Shama.