Dickson Kyere-Duah

Dickson Kyere-Duah is a Ghanaian teacher, public relations professional and politician born on 5 February 1974, who serves as the Member of Parliament for the Berekum West constituency in the Bono Region. A member of the National Democratic Congress who won the seat in December 2024 by unseating the NPP incumbent, he combines a teaching career and formal public relations training with a first-term parliamentary mandate and a commitment to driving development in one of the Bono Region's constituencies.

Education

Kyere-Duah pursued his higher education at the University of Education, Winneba, building a teaching foundation at one of Ghana's principal teacher training universities. He extended his academic formation internationally with studies at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, before earning a Master of Arts in Public Relations from the University of Media, Arts and Communication (UNIMAC) in October 2021. In January 2022, he was formally recognised as an Accredited Member of the Institute of Public Relations Ghana, a professional certification that formalised his standing in the public relations field. His combination of teacher training, international university exposure and specialist public relations postgraduate qualifications reflects a broad academic investment in the communication and human development dimensions of professional life.

Teaching career

He began his professional life in education, working as a teaching intern at Twene Amanfo Senior High School in Sunyani and subsequently joining the Ghana Education Service as a teacher at Wamanafo L/A Junior High School. His years in the classroom built his community roots and his understanding of the educational challenges facing Bono Region communities, experience that informs his parliamentary advocacy for schools infrastructure and teacher support in Berekum West.

Parliamentary career

He contested the Berekum West seat in December 2024 on the NDC ticket and won with 13,869 votes, defeating the incumbent NPP MP Dr Kwaku Agyenim Boateng who received 8,651 votes. The constituency had been NPP-held, making his victory part of the NDC's broader gains in the Bono Region in the 2024 election cycle. He assumed office on 7 January 2025 and was assigned to the Environment, Science and Technology Committee and the Ways and Means Committee, legislative assignments that connect him to environmental governance and the fiscal oversight work of the legislature.

Political Legacy

Dickson Kyere-Duah's election as Berekum West's first NDC MP in recent memory, backed by teaching experience and specialist public relations qualifications, gives his parliamentary tenure a communications and community education dimension well suited to the work of representing a Bono Region constituency. His pledge to drive development in the area sets a clear public accountability standard for his first term.