Henry Kwabena Kokofu’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Ghanaian politician
Is

Lawyer 
Consultant 
Politician 

From

Ghana 

Type

Business 
Law 
Politics 

Gender male
Birth 5 October 1960, Kumasi, Ghana
Age: 59 years
Star sign Libra
Politics New Patriotic Party
Education
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Master of Science
Ghana School of Law Bachelor of Laws

Henry Kwabena Kokofu (born 5 October, 1960) is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Bantama Constituency in the Bantama on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.

Personal life

Kokofu identifies as a Christian. He is married.

Early life and education

Kokofu was born on 5 October 1960. He hails from Adiebeba-Kumasi, a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resource Management in 1971. In 2007, he acquired a Master of Science degree in Agroforestry from the same university. He also attended Ghana School of Law and obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree in Law.

Politics

Kokofu is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In 2012, he contested for the Bantama seat on the ticket of the NPP sixth parliament of the fourth republic and won. During the elections he garnered 49,054 votes, which represented 83.26% of the total valid votes cast, and hence defeated the other contestants including Samuel Yaw Adusei, Benjamin Owusu-Achaw, Jerry F. Akonnor, Nana Kwasi Abayie, Regina Serwaa Adjei and Samuel Appiah. He did not contest in the 2016 Ghanaian general elections; instead, Daniel Okyem Aboagye represented the New Patriotic Party and won. As a result, Kokofu served as the member of parliament for Bantam till 2016.

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