Emmanuel Marfo

Hon. Dr.
Emmanuel Marfo
MP
MP for Oforikrom Constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
2013
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2017
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Personal details
Born
Emmanuel Kwabena Marfo

(1973-07-27) 27 July 1973 (age 51)
Bonwire, Ghana
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materKNUST, Wageningen University, Netherlands
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPrincipal Scientist
CommitteesEnvironment, Science and Technology Committee (Chairperson); Gender and Children Committee; Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee and Roads and Transport Committee

Emmanuel Kwabena Marfo[1] (born 27 July 1973) is a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and currently a member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Oforikrom Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[2][3][4] He is a member of the Forest Plantation Development Fund Management Board.[5]

Early life and education

Emmanuel Marfo was born and hails from Bonwire in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He obtained his Bachelor of Sciences(BSC) in Natural Resource Management (Forestry) and Masters of Sciences(MSC) in Forest Policy from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) in the year 1997 and 2001 respectively. He again had his Doctor of Philosophy (PHD) in Environmental Policy from the Wageningen University, Netherlands in the year 2006.[2][3][4]

Career

Emmanuel Marfo was the Principal Scientist for The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR) - (Forestry Research Institute) at Fumesua, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Emmanuel Marfo is now working as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oforikrom Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[6][7]

Political life

Emmanuel Marfo contested and won the 2016 NPP parliamentary primaries for Oforikrom Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In the 2020 Ghanaian general elections, he retained the Oforikrom Constituency parliamentary seat with 60,156 votes whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Henry Osei Akoto had 24,747 votes and the PNC parliamentary candidate Muniru Seidu had 545 votes.[8]

Committees

Marfo is the Chairperson of the Environment, Science and Technology Committee;[9] a member of the Gender and Children Committee; a member of the Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee and a member of the Roads and Transport Committee.[3]

Personal life

Marfo is a Christian.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Emmanuel Kwabena Marfo, Oforikrom MP". The Publisher Online. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Emmanuel Marfo, Biography". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Parliament of Ghana". parliament of ghana.
  4. ^ a b "Marfo, Emmanuel". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Forest Plantation Development Fund Management Board | Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources | Ghana | Management". Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources Ghana Management. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  6. ^ "OFMA will relate with its people in decision making to facilitate a sustainable development agenda-MCE | Oforikrom Municipal Assembly". Oforikrom Municipal Assembly. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Dr.-Emmanuel-Marfo-MP-Oforikrom-Constituency". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  8. ^ "NPP's Dr Emmanuel Marfo retains Oforikrom seat with mammoth victory". The Ghana Guardian News. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. ^ Segbefia, Sedem (15 June 2021). "MPs fact finding mission to new cement factory at Weija". The Business & Financial Times. Retrieved 13 November 2022.