Joseph Kofi Adda

Joseph Kofi Kowe Adda (22 Ebɔbira 1956 – 14 Ɔbɛsɛ 2021) yɛ Ghana amanyɛnyi, a ɔsom dɛ mbrahyɛbaguanyi na ɔsan nso yɛ Ɔsomfo a ɔhwɛ wimhyɛn do wɔNew Patriotic Party aban mu wɔ Ɔmanpanyin Akufo-Addo ase kɔsii Sanda 2021. Ɔsan nso yɛ a Sikasɛm ho Ɔbenfo na Edwumayɛ ho Ɔfotufo.

 Ɔbra Ahyɛse Na Nwomasua 
Wɔwoo Joseph Adda wɔ Navrongo, Kassena-Nankana Mansin a ɔwɔ Ghana Epuei Fam Mantɔw mu.https://web.archive.org/web/20070415200335/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/governing/ministers/ada.php. Profile of ministers. Ghana government. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2007. Ɔnyaa nye ntoado sukuu wɔ St. John’s School, Sekondi na onyaa Bachelor of Science abodzin krataa wɔ amanyɛsɛm ne sikasɛm mu wɔ Indiana Wesleyan Esuapɔn, Marion, Indiana, United States, a ɔkɔɔ mu wɔ afe 1979 na 1982 ntsam hɔ. Wɔ afe 1982 na 1984 ntamu no, na ɔwɔ Columbia Esuapɔn mu, New York, faako a osuaa Master’s degree wɔ Amanaman Ntamu Nsɛm mu (International Affairs), a na nye ho akokwaw wɔ Sikasɛm na Sikakorabea mu.https://web.archive.org/web/20160506160910/http://ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=25.  6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020. Ɔkɔɔ do nyaa adansedzi krataa a ɔkyerɛ dɛ wawie sukuu wɔ Afrika Adzesua mu wɔ Esuapɔn koro no ara mu. Wɔ afe 1989 mu no, onyaa adansedzi krataa wɔ Franse kasa na anyibuei mu wɔ Sorbonne Esuapɔn (Sorbonne University), Paris, France.

 Edwuma Ahyɛse 
Joseph Adda yɛ Sikasɛm ho Ɔbenfo na Edwumayɛ ho Ɔfotufo.https://web.archive.org/web/20071011103451/http://www.ghanadistricts.com/mps/?r=8&PHPSESSID=83d8e3e6fb8b173f937b3da4fd190fc5&mpd=174&PHPSESSID=83d8e3e6fb8b173f937b3da4fd190fc5. Upper East Region - Members of Parliament - Profile. GhanaDistricts.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2007. Ɔyɛɛ edwuma dɛ Ɔpanyin a ɔhwɛ edwuma do (Executive officer) wɔ Eguadzi na Nnwumayɛbea Dwumadzibea (Ministry of Trade and Industry), Ghana wɔ afe 1979. Wɔ afe 1983 na 1984 ntamu no, ɔyɛɛ edwuma dɛ Research Analyst intern wɔ Wiase Nyinaa Eguadzi Asoɛe a ɔtɔ do ebiasa (Third World Trade Institute), New York, USA. Wɔ mfe ebien a edzi hɔ no mu no, na ɔyɛ akontsaabu sohwɛfo na Edwumayɛfo a wɔretsetse no wɔ Equitable Financial Service, Inc., a ɔwɔ New Jersey, U.S.A. Owura Adda nso ayɛ edwuma wɔ Essex Couinty Kɔlege (College), Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. (1986 – 1988), Thomson McKinnon `Securities Inc., New York (1989 – 1991), Deloitte na Touche Consulting, (Afrika Atɔe Fam - West Africa), Accra ( 1991 – 1994) na ɔkyerɛwee. Efi afe 1994 no, Joseph Adda ayɛ Omni Consulting International (Ghana) Ltd no sohwɛfo.https://web.archive.org/web/20160506160910/http://ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=25. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020. Wɔ afe 1996 na 2000 ntamu no, ɔyɛɛ edwuma wɔ nnwuma ahorow mu wɔ Sikasɛm Dwumadzibea (Ministry of Finance), Ghana.

 Ambatow 
Adda dzii kan bɛyɛɛ mbrahyɛbaguanyi wɔ afe 2003. Ɔdzii nkonyim wɔ abatow a wɔdze kɔmaa Navrongo fininfin bagua a ɔwɔ Etsifi Epuei Mantɔw (Upper East Region), Ghana no mu wɔ deɛ ɔdzi tumi, John Achuliwor wuo ekyi.https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=34533. Politics of Wednesday, 26 March 2003. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 16 May 2007. Ɔkɔɔ do kuraa n’akongua do wɔ afe 2004 mbrahyɛbagua abatow mu. Ɔdzii nkonyim wɔNew Patriotic Party no tekiti do.https://web.archive.org/web/20221207145624/https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2004/uppereast/173/. Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 186.Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 184. Na nye mansin no yɛ mbrahyɛbagua nkongua ebien (2) no fa wɔ nkongua du-ebiasa (13) aNew Patriotic Party no dzii wɔ saa abatow no mu maa Etsifi Epuei Mantɔw no mu.https://www.fact-checkghana.com/statistics-presidential-parliamentary-election-results/. Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020.New Patriotic Party no nyaa dodow no ara a ɔyɛ mbrahyɛbagua nkongua 128 wɔ nkongua 230 mu.https://web.archive.org/web/20231106102817/https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2004/president/index.php. Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020. Wɔdze abatow 12,444 na ɔpaw no wɔ abatow 31,657 a ɔfata a wɔtow nyinara mu. Eyi nye abatow a ɔfata a wɔtow nyinara mu 39.3% yɛ pɛ. Adda nyaa amba kyɛn Gabriel Pwamang a ofi Nyimpa Ɔman Nhyiam (Peoples’ National Convention) no mu, Andema Emmanuel a ofi Ɔman Demokrasi mbrahyɛbagua (National Democratic Congress) no mu, Azantinlwo Anemana Jennifer Grace a ofi Nhyiam no mu Nyimpa Kuw (Convention People's Party), Bagonia Grace a ofi Democratic Nyimpa Kuw (Democratic People's Party) no mu, Donald Amuah na Achuliwor A. Otito Werseh a hɔn ebien nyinara yɛ hɔn a wɔdze hɔn ho (Independent candidates). Eyinom nyaa abatow 6,512, 6,201, 140, 83, 2,262 na 4,015 wɔ abatow a ɔfata a wɔtow no nyinara mu. Eyinom na abatow a ɔfata a wɔtow nyinara mu 20.6%, 19.6%, 0.4%, 0.3%, 7.1% na 12.7% yɛ pɛ.

 Amanyɛsɛm 
Ɔmampanyin John Kufuor paw Adda dɛ Ɔsoafo a ɔhwɛ Edwumayɛfo Nkɔdo na Edwumayɛ do wɔ afe 2005 mu.https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=74556. General News of Wednesday, 2 February 2005. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 5 May 2007. Wɔ 28 Ebɔbira 2006 no, wɔdze no kɔɔ aban mpanyimfo nsakrae mu kɔɔ dzibea dɛ Ɔsoafo a ɔhwɛ Ahoɔdzen do.https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=103354. General News of Friday, 28 April 2006. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 16 May 2007. Ekyir, Ɔmampanyin Kuffuor dze Felix Owusu-Adjapong sii n’anam dɛ Ahoɔdzen ho Ɔsoafo. Joe Adda kuraa n’akongua do ber a NPP dzii nkoguo wɔ amansan abatow mu wɔ afe 2008. Nanso ɔhweer n’egua no wɔ afe 2012 abatoɛ no mu maa Mark Woyongo.https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030453/http://www.dailyguideghana.com/?p=70030. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

Wɔ May 2017 mu no, Ɔmanpanyin Nana Akufo-Addo bɔɔ Joseph Kofi Adda dzin dɛ Asoafo duakron a wɔbɛhyehyɛ nye kabinet no fa.[13] Wɔdze asoafo 19 no dzin kɔmaa Ghana Mbrahyɛbagua no na Aban no Kasafo, Rt. Hon. Ɔbenfo Mike Ocquaye.[13] Dɛ Kabinet soafo no, na Joseph Kofi Adda ka ɔmampanyin no mu kuw no ho na ɔboaa gyinaesi dwumadzi atsitsir (key decision-making activities) wɔ ɔman no mu.Citi FM, https://web.archive.org/web/20170731025902/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Arts-Minister-Catherine-Afeku-makes-it-to-Cabinet-542839. ghanaweb.com. ghanaweb. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

 N'abrabɔ 
Na Adda awar na ɔwɔ mba ebien. Na ɔyɛ Kristonyi.Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 83. Na ɔyɛ Katoleknyi (Catholic).

 Owuo 
Adda wui Dwoda, 14 Ɔbɛsɛ 2021 anɔpatutuutu wɔ Legon Ayaresabea a ɔwɔ Accra.https://www.myjoyonline.com/former-aviation-minister-joseph-kofi-adda-has-died/. MyJoyOnline. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021https://citinewsroom.com/2021/10/former-sanitation-minister-kofi-adda-dies-at-age-65/. Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2022.https://web.archive.org/web/20230930232013/https://parliament.gh/news?CO=150. www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 7 December 2022.https://web.archive.org/web/20230324195021/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Kofi-Adda-died-of-heart-failure-Report-1380583. GhanaWeb. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2022.https://www.ghpage.com/former-aviation-minister-joseph-kofi-adda-dead/204834/. GhPage. Retrieved 7 December 2022Dumolga, Joseph (14 October 2021). https://web.archive.org/web/20221207150159/https://harmattangh.com/joseph-kofi-adda-dead-cause-of-death-of-the-former-navrongo-central-mp/. Harmattan Gh. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

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Parliament of GhanaPreceded by
John Setuni AchuliworMember of Parliament for Navrongo Central
2003 – 2013Succeeded by
Mark WoyongoPolitical officesPreceded by
Yaw BarimahMinister for Manpower Development and Employment
2005 – 2006Succeeded by
Boniface Abubakar SaddiquePreceded by
Aaron Mike OquayeMinister for Energy
2006 – 2008Succeeded by
Felix Owusu-AdjapongNotes and references1. Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central2. Minister for Manpower Development and Employment3. Minister for Energy

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