Samuel Nii-Aryeetey Attoh Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Smuel Nii-Aryeetey Attoh
Office3:Member of Parliament for Trobu-Amasaman Constituency
Term Start3:7 January 2005
Term End3:6 January 2009
President3:John Kufuor
Birth Date:26 June 1956
Death Date:6 February 2017
Nationality:Ghanaian 
Party:New Patriotic Party
Alma Mater:University of Ghana
Profession:Technical Officer

Samuel Nii-Aryeetey Attoh was a Ghanaian politician and technical officer. He served as a member of parliament for Trobu-Amasaman constituency.[1]

Early life and education

Samuel Nii-Aryeetey Attoh was born on 26 June 1956.[2] He was a product of the University of Ghana. He obtained a Diploma in Education from the university.

Career

Attoh was a technical officer by profession.

Political career

Attoh was a member of the New Patriotic Party. He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004.[3] He was the MP for Trobu-Amasaman constituency.

Elections

In 2004, he contested for the Trobu-Amasaman parliamentary seat.[4] [5] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. His constituency was a part of the 16 parliamentary seats out of 27 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Greater Accra Region. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[6] He was elected with 31,459 votes out of 69,090 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 45.5% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Daniel Addoquaye Pappoe of the People's National Convention, Ernest Attuquaye Armah of the National Democratic Congress, Foli Emmanuel Wonder Kwadzo of the Convention People's Party and Lawrence Kessy an independent candidate. These obtained 1,044, 31,017, 4,013 and 1,557 votes respectively of total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 1.5%,44,9%, 5.8% and 2.3% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Personal life

Attoh was a Christian.

Death

Attoh died on 6 February 2017.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samuel Nii-Aryeetey Attoh . 2020-08-05 . wikidata. . en.
  2. Book: Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. The Office of Parliament. 2004. Accra. 197.
  3. Web site: Parliament of Ghana . 2020-01-25 . parliament of ghana.
  4. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2004 Results - Trobu-Amasaman Constituency. 2020-08-06. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  5. Book: Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. Accra. 170.
  6. Web site: 2016-08-10. Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results. 2020-08-06. Fact Check Ghana. en-US.