Freddie Blay

Freddie Blay
Hon.; Freddie Blay
Member of Parliament; for Ellembelle
	In office; 1997–2008
Succeeded by	Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah
Personal details
Born	1951; Nzema
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	New Patriotic Party
Children	3
Alma mater	Adisadel College University of Ghana
Profession	Barrister

Frederick Worsemao Armah Blay, popularly called Freddie Blay, a lawyer, is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ellembelle Constituency in the Western Region of Ghana.[1]

Career

Blay was also appointed to the position of Board Chairman for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation GNPC.[2]

He is currently the Senior Partner at Blay and Associates. He is also the board chairman and majority shareholder of Western Publications Limited, publishers of the Daily Guide newspaper, the flagship of the Group, Business Guide, News-One and Young Blazers.

Politics

Blay was a Member of Parliament in Ghana and served as the First Deputy Speaker in the Fourth Parliament of Ghana. He lost his seat in the general elections held on 7 December 2008 to Armah Kofi Buah of the NDC. He was a member of the Convention People's Party (CPP), but resigned to join the New Patriotic Party after being criticized by some CPP stalwarts for not campaigning for the CPP flagbearer Paa Kwesi Nduom, instead endorsing NPP presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo.[3] Freddie Blay attended Adisadel College

After joining the NPP, he stood for and got elected to the post of Vice Chairman of the party in April 2014.[4] After the party expelled its Chairman Paul Afoko, it appointed Blay as its acting Chairman.[5] He stood for and was elected as substantive Chairman of the party at an NPP party national conference in Koforidua that took place from 7 to 8 July 2018.[6] In the prelude to the Chairmanship race, a lot of controversy was generated when Blay promised to and eventually bought 275 buses for the 275 constituencies of the party for a purported cost of 11 million dollars. The opposition asked for an investigation. Blay's opponent in the election called it vote buying. Blay stated that the buses were bought with a loan facility from the Universal Merchant Bank to be run by State Transport Company on the behalf of the NPP's constituencies.[7]

2004 Elections

Blay was elected as the member of parliament for the Ellembele constituency in the Western region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[8][9] He thus represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[10] He was elected with 18,428votes out of 34,969 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 52.7% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Shaibu Chie Issaka of the People's National Convention, Kaku Korsah of the National Democratic Congress and Kyiamah Kaku an independent candidate. These obtained 388votes, 11,322votes and 902votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. Blay was elected on the ticket of the Convention People's Party.[8][9]

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References

Ghana Parliamentary Register (2004-2008)
"Freddie Blay named GNPC Board Chairman". citifmonline.com. May 11, 2017.
"Nana Addo appoints Freddie Blay". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
"Afoko wins NPP chairmanship race- EC declares - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com.
"NPP Chairman Paul Afoko suspended indefinitely - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com.
122108447901948 (8 July 2018). "Freddie Blay beats Stephen Ntim to win NPP chairmanship race". Graphic Online.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Starrfmonline. "Exclusive: Blay blowing over $11m for 275 NPP buses - Starr Fm".
FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Ellem belle Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
Elections 2004; Ghana’s Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. November 2005. p. 207.
Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 235.

Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by ?	Member of Parliament for Ellembelle 1997 – 2008	Succeeded by Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah
Political offices
Preceded by ?	Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament 1997 – 2001	Succeeded by Kenneth Dzirasah
Preceded by Kenneth Dzirasah	First Deputy Speaker of Parliament 2001 – 2008	Succeeded by Edward Doe Adjaho

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[1] Ghana Parliamentary Register (2004-2008)

[2] "Freddie Blay named GNPC Board Chairman". citifmonline.com. May 11, 2017.

[3] "Nana Addo appoints Freddie Blay". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2017-12-19.

[4] "Afoko wins NPP chairmanship race- EC declares - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com.

[5] "NPP Chairman Paul Afoko suspended indefinitely - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com.

[6] 122108447901948 (8 July 2018). "Freddie Blay beats Stephen Ntim to win NPP chairmanship race". Graphic Online.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[7] Starrfmonline. "Exclusive: Blay blowing over $11m for 275 NPP buses - Starr Fm".

[:0-8] FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Ellem belle Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

[:1-9] Elections 2004; Ghana’s Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. November 2005. p. 207.

[10] Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 235.