Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Constituency Mp: | Sefwi-Akontombra Constituency |
Parliament: | Ghana |
Predecessor: | New constituency |
Successor: | Djornobuah Alex Tetteh |
Term Start: | 7 January 2005 |
Term End: | 6 January 2017 |
Birth Date: | 1950 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Ghana |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | National Democratic Congress |
Alma Mater: | Sefwi Wiawso Senior High School |
Herod Cobbina is a Ghanaian politician who served as the member of parliament for the Sefwi-Akontombra Constituency from 2005 to 2017.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Cobinna was born on 1 July 1956. He hails from Akontombra a town in the Western Region of Ghana. He obtained his ordinary level ('O'-Level) certificate in 1979 from Sefwi Wiawso Secondary School.[1] [2]
Prior to entering parliament he worked as the District Storekeeper for the Cocoa Inputs Company Limited.[1] [2]
Cobbina served as the member of parliament representing the Sefwi-Akontombra Constituency from 6 January 2005 to 6 January 2017 under the membership and ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[5] He lost his primaries to Kenneth Yeboah and decided to break-free from the party and contest as an independent but he lost the seat in the 2016 general election as an independent candidate.[6] He had been in parliament for three consecutive parliamentary terms. He was a member of the Committee on Business, Defense and Interior.[7]
Cobbina is married with three children. He identifies as a Christian and a member of the Catholic Church.[1] [2]