Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | New Patriotic Party(Ghana) |
Occupation: | Politician and Lawyer |
Seth Dankwa | |
Birth Place: | Akwapim South, Eastern Region, Ghana |
Office1: | MP for Akwapim South |
Term Start1: | 7 January 2001 |
Term End1: | 6 January 2005 |
President1: | John Agyekum Kufour |
Seth Dankwa Wiafe is a Ghanaian Politician and a member of the Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[1] [2] [3]
Wiafe was born at Akwapim South in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He is a lawyer and member of the General Council Ghana Bar Association.[4]
Wiafe was first elected into Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2000 Ghanaian General Elections representing the Akwapim South Constituency. He was a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.He polled 22,328 votes out the 39,955 valid votes casting representing 55.9%.[5] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[6] He was beaten in the 2004 election by Magnus Opare-Asamoah (NPP) 0.70% against 56%.[7] During his political work, Wiafe and his District Chief Executive (DCE), Andrew Y. Nyarko-Adu, were at each other's throat over allegations of bribery and diversion of illegal chain saw timber.[8]
Wiafe is a Former Member of Parliament for the Akwapim South Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana from 2001 to 2005.