Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (11 August 1980) is the Member of Parliament for the North Tongu in the Volta region.[1][2]

Personal life

He is married to Nuhela Seidu, a legal practitioner and they have a daughter and a son.

Early Life and Education

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa was born in 1980 Aveyime-Battor,Ghana.[3]

He attended the University of Ghana, and had a BA Political Science / Philosophy(2002-200). At the University of Leicester, he had his MA Communication Media and Public Relations(candidate). Project Management Practitioner - PRINCE 2.[4]

Politics

He was appointed a Deputy Minister of Information in the Republic of Ghana at the age of 28 under the presidency of the late John Atta Mills. He is the immediate past Deputy Minister of Education. He is also the Ranking Member of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.[5]

He was a member of the Committee for Joint Action (CJA) a pro-masses pressure group, an author, and a prolific writer.

He was also a member of the team that drafted his party's youth policies in the NDC's manifesto for the 2008 campaign.

Before all these, he had served as President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) from 2005 to 2006 and also served as Vice President of the scripture union.

In his foray in national politics, he was a member of the then-candidate John Evans Atta Mills Campaign Communication Team and until his appointment as Deputy Minister for Information served on Government's Transition Team.

Employment

Deputy Minister of Information, 2009-2013 (GOVERNMENT OF GHANA).

Deputy Minister of Education, 2013-2016 (GOVERNMENT OF GHANA).

Member of Parliament, 2013-2016 (OFFICE OF PARLIAMENT).

Saavi Solutions,Managing Director(2007-2009).[6]

References
  1. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  2. "Ablakwa on why Act 463 should be amended to place a cap on number of political appointees". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  3. "Ghana Parliament member Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  4. "Ghana Parliament member Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. 122108447901948 (2019-02-06). "'Don't treat Ghanaian migrants as criminals'". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2019-03-13.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
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