Isaac Yaw Opoku

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Hon.
Isaac Yaw Opoku
MP
Member of Parliament for Offinso South Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Preceded byBen Abdallah Banda
Personal details
Born
Isaac Yaw Opoku

(1957-08-27) 27 August 1957 (age 66)
Offinso, Ghana
OccupationPolitician
CommitteesMembers Holding Offices of Profit Committee, Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee

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[edit]

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.[1]

Career[edit]

He was the executive director of Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana under Cocobod.[1][5][6][7][8]

Political career[edit]

He is a member of 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[edit]

He is a member of the Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee and also a member of the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Opoku is a Christian.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. ^ "Dr Isaac Yaw Opoku". DailyGuide Network. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  3. ^ "More efforts are needed to combat cocoa swollen shoot disease". GhanaWeb. 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  4. ^ "MP Hails Ghana's Cocoa Production Record". DailyGuide Network. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  5. ^ "THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN GHANA VISIT THE COCOA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA". china-embassy ghana. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  6. ^ "Work hard to sustain new level of cocoa production". The Chronicle Online. 2021-11-04. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  7. ^ "Construction of cocoa flavour lab, quality training centre underway at Tafo". Ghanaian Times. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  8. ^ "Cocobod - [News Article Title]". cocobod.gh. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  9. ^ a b "Opoku, Yaw Isaac". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  10. ^ "Confirmation of the MCE - Offinso Municipality Assembly". 2021-10-05. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  11. ^ FM, Peace. "2020 Election - Offinso South Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2022-01-17.