Isaac Yaw Opoku Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Birth Date:27 August 1957
Birth Place:Offinso, Ghana
Birthname:Isaac Yaw Opoku
Nationality:Ghanaian
Occupation:Politician
Committees:Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee, Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee
Isaac Yaw Opoku
Office:Member of Parliament for Offinso South Constituency
Term Start:7 January 2021
Predecessor:Ben Abdallah Banda

Isaac Yaw Opoku is a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament for the Offinso South constituency in the Ashanti region of Ghana.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Early life and education

He was born on 27 August 1957 and hails from Offinso in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He holds a PhD in mycology in 1993.

Career

He was the executive director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana under Cocobod.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Political career

He is a member of the NPP and currently the MP for Offinso South Constituency.[9] [10] In the 2020 General Elections, he won the parliamentary seat with 39,971 votes, whilst Yussif Haruna had 19,952 votes.[11]

Committees

He is a member of the Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee and also a member of the Trade, Industry, and Tourism Committee.

Personal life

Opoku is a Christian.[9]

References

  1. Web site: Parliament of Ghana . 2022-01-16 . Parliament Of Ghana.
  2. Web site: Dr Isaac Yaw Opoku. 2022-01-17. DailyGuide Network. en-US.
  3. Web site: 2021-07-09. More efforts are needed to combat cocoa swollen shoot disease. 2022-01-17. GhanaWeb. en.
  4. Web site: 2021-11-05. MP Hails Ghana’s Cocoa Production Record. 2022-01-17. DailyGuide Network. en-US.
  5. Web site: THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN GHANA VISIT THE COCOA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA . 2022-01-17 . china-embassy ghana.
  6. Web site: 2021-11-04. Work hard to sustain new level of cocoa production. 2022-01-17. The Chronicle Online. en-US. 2022-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20220117003704/https://thechronicle.com.gh/index.php/2021/11/04/work-hard-to-sustain-new-level-of-cocoa-production/. dead.
  7. Web site: 2020-02-27. Construction of cocoa flavour lab, quality training centre underway at Tafo. 2022-01-17. Ghanaian Times. en.
  8. Web site: Cocobod - [News Article Title]]. 2022-01-17. cocobod.gh.
  9. Web site: Opoku, Yaw Isaac. 2022-01-17. Ghana MPS. en-US.
  10. Web site: 2021-10-05. Confirmation of the MCE - Offinso Municipality Assembly. 2022-01-17. en-US. 2022-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20220117005209/https://ofma.gov.gh/2021/10/05/confirmation-of-the-mce/. dead.
  11. Web site: FM. Peace. 2020 Election - Offinso South Constituency Results. 2022-01-17. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.

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