George Isaac Amoo is a Ghanaian politician who was member of parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency from January 2001 to January 2005.[1] He was the 3rd national coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization in Ghana.[2]
Hon. George Isaac Amoo | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West-Wuogon Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Profession | Politician |
NADMO coordinator
editAmoo was appointed by President John Kufour as the national coordinator of NADMO. He served in that capacity from August 2006 to December 2007.[3]
GMET
editAmoo is currently the chairman of an 11-member Governing Board the Ghana Meteorological Agency(GMET) which was inaugurated in Accra on February 22, 2023. At the helm of the board is Mr. George Isaac Amoo, serving as Chairman. Assisting him are esteemed members: Mr. Eric Esuman, Mrs. Magdalene Ewuraesi Apenteng, Madam Cecilia Sheitu Nyadia, Mr. Ben Yaw Ampomah, and Ing. Theophilus Nii Okai.[4]
Politics
editAmoo is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency in the Greater Accra region in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was succeeded by Akosua Frema Osei-Opare in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections.[5]
Elections
editAmoo was elected as the member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[6] He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[6] His constituency was a part of the 16 parliamentary seats out of 22 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Greater Accra Region.[7][8][9] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[7] He was elected with 17,555 votes out of 31,648 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 56.2% of the total valid votes cast.[10][11] He was elected over Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah of the National Democratic Congress, Jane Chinebuah of the National Reform Party and Samuel Addy of the People's National Convention. These obtained 11,338, 1, 077, 715, and 477 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 36.5%, 3.5%, 2.3% and 1.5% respectively of total valid votes cast.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ Agency, Ghana News. "George Amoo to contest NPP Greater Accra Regional Chairmanship". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ Management Organisation, National Disaster. "About". nadmo government of ghana. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ News Agency, Ghana. "Military officer heads NADMO". ghananewsagency. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "George Isaac Amoo Archives". AviationGhana. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results – Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ a b Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 16.
- ^ a b "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "archive ipu". archive ipu.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results – Brong Ahafo Region". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 32.
- ^ a b FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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