George Isaac Amoo Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
President3:John Kufuor
Nationality:Ghanaian 
Party:New Patriotic Party
Term Start3:7 January 2001
Profession:Politician
Term End3:6 January 2005
Office3:Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West-Wuogon Constituency
George Isaac Amoo

George Isaac Amoo is a Ghanaian politician who was member of parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency from January 2001 to January 2005.[1] He was the 3rd national coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization in Ghana.[2]

NADMO coordinator

Amoo was appointed by President John Kufour as the national coordinator of NADMO. He served in that capacity from August 2006 to December 2007.[3]

GMET

Amoo is currently the chairman of an 11-member Governing Board the Ghana Meteorological Agency(GMET) which was inaugurated in Accra on February 22, 2023. At the helm of the board is Mr. George Isaac Amoo, serving as Chairman. Assisting him are esteemed members: Mr. Eric Esuman, Mrs. Magdalene Ewuraesi Apenteng, Madam Cecilia Sheitu Nyadia, Mr. Ben Yaw Ampomah, and Ing. Theophilus Nii Okai.[4]

Politics

Amoo is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency in the Greater Accra region in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was succeeded by Akosua Frema Osei-Opare in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections.[5]

Elections

Amoo was elected as the member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[6] He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. His constituency was a part of the 16 parliamentary seats out of 22 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Greater Accra Region.[7] [8] [9] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 17,555 votes out of 31,648 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 56.2% of the total valid votes cast.[10] [11] He was elected over Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah of the National Democratic Congress, Jane Chinebuah of the National Reform Party and Samuel Addy of the People's National Convention. These obtained 11,338, 1, 077, 715, and 477 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 36.5%, 3.5%, 2.3% and 1.5% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agency . Ghana News . George Amoo to contest NPP Greater Accra Regional Chairmanship . 10 June 2017 . Ghana News Agency.
  2. Web site: Management Organisation . National Disaster . About . 9 June 2017 . nadmo government of ghana.
  3. Web site: News Agency . Ghana . Military officer heads NADMO . 9 June 2017 . ghananewsagency.
  4. Web site: George Isaac Amoo Archives . 2023-08-17 . AviationGhana . en-US . 17 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230817203345/https://aviationghana.com/tag/george-isaac-amoo/ . dead .
  5. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2004 Results – Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. 3 September 2020. Ghana Elections – Peace FM.
  6. Book: Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. Ghana. 16.
  7. Web site: 10 August 2016. Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results. 1 September 2020. Fact Check Ghana. en-US.
  8. Web site: archive ipu . archive ipu.
  9. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2000 Results – Brong Ahafo Region. 1 September 2020. Ghana Elections – Peace FM.
  10. Book: Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. Ghana. 32.
  11. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2000 Results - Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. 3 September 2020. Ghana Elections – Peace FM.