Akim Abuakwa North is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It was created out of the Abuakwa constituency in 2004. As a constituency,it elects one member of parliament who represents the constituents at parliament. The constituency is located in the Abuakwa North Municipal District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Its administrative capital is Kibi.
Members of Parliament
First electedMemberPartyAbuakwa constituency 1956 C. E. Nimo Convention People's Party 1969 Gibson Dokyi Ampaw Progress Party 1979 Alexander K. Otchere United National Convention 1992 Owuraku Amofah Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere 1996 Nana Akufo-Addo New Patriotic PartyAkim Abuakwa North constituency 2004 J. B. Danquah-Adu New Patriotic Party 2008 Samuel Kwadwo Amoako New Patriotic Party 2012 J. B. Danquah-Adu New Patriotic Party 2016 Gifty Twum Ampofo New Patriotic Party2024Nana Ampaw Kwame Addo-FrempongNew Patriotic Party
Samuel Kwadwo Amoako was the member of parliament for the constituency between January 2009 and January 2013. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)and won a majority of 5,046 votesMPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008, Ghana MPs. to become the MP. He succeeded J. B. Danquah-Adu who had won the seat in December 2004 with the NPP. J. B. Danquah-Adu won the seat back in the 2016 Ghanaian general election. J. B. Danquah-Adu was murdered on 9 February 2016 at his home. Gifty Twum Ampofo then succeeded J. B. Danquah-Adu and became the member of Parliament of the constituency now (2023) and served in the 6th and 7th and parliament of Ghana on the ticket of the NPP.
Nana Ampaw Kwame Addo-Frempong succeeded Gifty Twum-Ampofo after winning the 2024 Ghanaian general election to become the member of parliament for the 9th parliament of the fourth republic representing the New Patriotic Party.
Capital The capital of Akim Abuakwa North is Kukurantumi. The population in the 2021 census was 91,297.
See also List of Ghana Parliament constituencies
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