Franklin Winfred K. Aheto Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:National Democratic Congress
Profession:Politician
Constituency Mp1:Ashaiman
Franklin Winfred K. Aheto
Term Start1:7 January 1993
Term End1:6 January 2001
President1:Jerry John Rawlings
John Kufuor
Successor1:Emmanuel Kinsford Kwesi Teye

Franklin Winfred K. Aheto is a Ghanaian politician and a member of parliament for the first and second parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana for the Ashiaman Constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[1] [2] [3]

Early life and education

Aheto is a Ghanaian, a politician and a member of the second parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana. He was elected as a member of parliament for the Ashaiman constituency during the 1996 Ghanaian general elections.[4]

Politics

Aheto represented into parliament for the first time during the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He was elected for the second time to be a member of parliament for Ashaiman constituency during the 1996 Ghanaian general elections,[5] [6] where he won with a total votes count of 35,212 over his opponents; Doku Joseph-Wills K. K. of the People's Convention Party who polled 1,653 of the total votes count, Herbert Kofi Aggor People's National Convention also polled 1,822 of the total votes count, Samuel Korle Amegah an Independent Candidate also polling 6,663 of the total vote count and Iddrisu Abdel-Kareem of the New Patriotic Party who polled 18,081 of the total votes count.[7] [8] [9]

He held onto it until Hon Emmanuel Kinsford Kwesi Teye of New Patriotic Party took over in 2000 as a result of serious internal wrangling among the membership of the National Democratic Congress in the constituency. Hon. Alfred Kwame Agbesi took the seat back for the NDC in the 2004 elections.[10]

Personal life

Aheto is a Christian.[11]

References

  1. Web site: 31 August 2015 . Deputy Majority leader in trouble . 8 October 2020 . GhanaWeb. . en.
  2. Web site: 3 November 1997. Member of Parliament sues journalists for libel. 8 October 2020. IFEX. en-US.
  3. Book: Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992–1996.
  4. Web site: Dzokpo . Ike . 16 July 2019 . Parliamentary Primaries: Ashaiman MP in hot soup . 8 October 2020 . News Ghana . en-US.
  5. Web site: Majority Leader Faces stiff competition . 8 October 2020 . infoboxdaily..
  6. Web site: Fear Grips Deputy Majority Leader Over The Emergence Of Martin Luther King. 8 October 2020. Modern Ghana. en.
  7. Web site: Wp content upload . https://web.archive.org/web/20201012135816/https://ec.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1996-Parliamentary-Election-Results.pdf . 12 October 2020 . 8 October 2020 . Election Commission . dead .
  8. Web site: 16 October 2016. Ashaiman: A constituency to watch on December 7. 3 February 2021. Pulse Ghana. en-US.
  9. Web site: 31 August 2015 . Deputy Majority leader in trouble . 3 February 2021 . GhanaWeb. . en.
  10. Web site: Ashaiman MP Hot Over Parliamentary Primaries. 3 February 2021. Modern Ghana. en.
  11. Book: Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992–1996.