Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Francis Kingsley Ato Codjoe | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Constituency Mp: | Ekumfi Constituency |
Parliament: | Ghana |
Term Start: | 7 January 2017 |
Term End: | 6 January 2021 |
Successor: | Abeiku Crentsil |
Office2: | Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development |
Term Start2: | 11 April 2017 |
Term End2: | 7 January 2021 |
President2: | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Birth Date: | 31 July 1971 |
Birth Place: | Ekumfi Essarkyir, Ghana |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | New Patriotic Party |
Alma Mater: | University of Ghana |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Country Controller |
Francis Kingsley Ato Codjoe[1] was a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ekumfi Constituency in the Central Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[2] He is a former Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development.[3] [4]
Codjoe was born on 31 July 1971 and hails from Ekumfi Essarkyir in the Central Region of Ghana. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Ghana.[5]
Codjoe was the country controller of NCR (Ghana) Limited in Accra.
Codjoe is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[6] [7] [8]
In the 2016 Ghanaian general election, he won the Ekumfi Constituency parliamentary seat with 12,240 votes making 50.1% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Abeiku Crentsil had 11,632 votes making 47.6% of the total votes cast, the PPP parliamentary candidate Stephen Quansah had 505 votes making 2.1% of the total votes cast and the CPP parliamentary candidate Kweku Essuoun had 70 votes making 0.3% of the total votes cast.[9]
Codjoe was the Deputy Minister for Fisheries & Aquaculture from 11 April 2017 to 7 January 2021.[10] [11]
In the 2020 Ghanaian general election, he lost the Ekumfi Constituency parliamentary seat to the NDC parliamentary candidate Abeiku Crentsil. He lost with 13,468 votes making 45.0% of the total votes cast whilst Abeiku had 16,037 votes making 53.6% of the total votes cast, the GUM parliamentary candidate Regina Amoah had 371 votes making 1.2% of the total votes cast and the CPP parliamentary candidate Ibrahim Anderson had 0 vote making 0.0% of the total votes cast.[12]
Codjoe is a Christian.