Joseph Amenowode

Joseph Zaphenat Amenowode is a Ghanaian politician and academic. He was the Member of Parliament for Hohoe South and was the Minister for the Volta Region of Ghana from January 2009 until his dismissal on 6 March 2012 . He has worked as a university lecturer prior to going into politics.

Hon.

Joseph Zaphenat Amenowode
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Hohoe South
Assumed office
Jan 2005
Preceded byKosi Kedem
Majority17,851 (84.5%)
Volta Region Minister
In office
Jan 2009 – Mar 2012
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byKofi Dzamesi
Succeeded byHenry Ford Kamel
Personal details
BornAccra
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress (Ghana)
Children7
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Pratt Institute
OccupationLecturer
CommitteesCommittee of Privileges

Early life in education

Amenowode's family hails from Ve-Deme in the Hohoe Municipal District of the Volta Region.[1] He was born in Accra, the capital of Ghana. He attended the Hohoe Evangelical Presbyterian Secondary School between 1966 and 1971 obtaining the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level. He proceeded to Kpando Secondary School for his sixth form education, completing the GCE Advanced Level in 1973. His undergraduate university education was at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where he obtained the Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in 1979. He continued for an extra year to complete a postgraduate diploma in 1980. In 1991, he obtained a master's degree from the same university.[2] He attended the Pratt Institute in New York City where he completed a Master of Professional Studies degree in Art Therapy in 1997.[3]

Career

Amenowode initially taught in the Ghana Education Service. He later became a lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana.

He was the former Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises.[4]

Politics

Joseph Amenowode is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[5] He first stood for elections in the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004, winning with a majority of 17,720 (75.6%)[6] and taking his seat in the fourth parliament of the Fourth Republic. He retained his seat in the 2008 election.[7] In 2009, he was appointed the Volta Regional Minister by the President of Ghana, John Atta Mills, a position he held until he was dropped in a cabinet reshuffle by President Mills in early 2012.[8][9][10][11][12]

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See also

References
  1. "Hohoe Municipal - Members of Parliament - Profile:Hon. Joseph Zaphenat Amenowode (NDC) (Hohoe South)". GhanaDistricts.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  2. "Hon.Amenowode Joseph Z". Official website. Parliament of Ghana. 4 February 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  3. "People Record:Joseph Amenowode". AfDevInfo. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  4. "'Expand social intervention programmes'". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. "NDC will complete all projects - Amenowode". MyJoyOnline.com. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. "Elections 2004: Ghana's Parlliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Ghana and Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  7. "Parliamentary Results Hohoe South (Volta Region)". Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  8. "Ministerial reshuffle: Two ministers sacked!". MyJoyOnline. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  9. "President Mills swears-in Victor Smith, Kamel Ford as Regional Ministers". General news. Ghana Home Page. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  10. "Mixed reaction greets Amenowode's replacement". www.ghanaweb.com. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  11. "Volta University to make first intake in September 2010 - Amenowode". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  12. "Chinese Ambassador Pledges Support for Volt Region's Development". gh.china-embassy.org. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by
Kosi Kedem		 Member of Parliament for Hohoe South
2005 – present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Kofi Dzamesi		 Volta Regional Minister
2009 – 2012		 Succeeded by
Henry Ford Kamel


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