Occupation: | Politician |
Birth Place: | Zabzugu/Tatale, Northern Region, Ghana |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | National Democratic Congress |
Alma Mater: | Tamale Nurses College |
Profession: | General nurse |
John Jagri Kokpahi | |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1956 |
Office2: | Member of parliament for Zabzugu/Tatale Constituency |
Term Start2: | 7 January 1997 |
Term End2: | 6 January 2001 |
President2: | John Jerry Rawlings |
John Jagri Kokpahi (born 6 May 1956) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic Representing the Zabzugu/Tatale Constitiency in the Northern Region of Ghana.[1]
John was born on 6 May 1956 at Tatale in the Northern Region of Ghana. He attended the Tamale Nursing Training College and obtained his Certificate in General Nursing.
John is a general nurse by profession aside being a former Ghanaian politician.
John was first elected into parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress representing the Zabzugu/Tatale Constitiency in the Northern Region of Ghana during the December 1996 Ghanaian general elections. He polled 15,717 votes out of the 24,112 valid votes cast representing 44.40%, Mohamed Dramani of the New Patriotic Party who polled 5,437 votes representing15.30% and Jacob Nasanpi Nwulu who polled 2,958 votes representing 8.40%.[2] He won in the 2000 Ghanaian General Elections with 8,237 votes representing 35.80%.[3] He won again in 2004 with 16,543 votes representing 50.90 over Jabaah John Bennam who polled 15,555 representing 47.80% and Adam Kuperi Lagnaboon who polled 433 votes representing 1.30%.[4]