Duke William Allen Kwame Amoako-Atta Ofori-Atta

Duke William Allen Kwame Amoako-Atta Ofori-Atta, known as Duke Ofori-Atta, is a Ghanaian politician and the New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Fanteakwa South in the Eastern Region. He was born on 24 July 1965, comes from Akyem Hemang, and entered Parliament in January 2025.

Education

Ofori-Atta returned to study later in life at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. He earned a Bachelor of Entrepreneurship in 2008 and a Bachelor of Laws in 2015.

At the Presidency

Before running for Parliament he worked at the Office of the President under the NPP government, where he was a Director of Programmes.

Fanteakwa South

Fanteakwa South is a rural constituency in the Fanteakwa area of the Eastern Region that has been held by the NPP, most recently by Kofi Okyere-Agyekum. Ofori-Atta won the party's ticket for the 2024 election. As the candidate, in May 2024, he donated sanitary pads and a dispenser to the Fanteakwa South District Education Directorate to support girls' menstrual hygiene. He won the seat in December 2024 and took office on 7 January 2025, sitting with the Minority.

In Parliament

He sits on the Public Accounts Committee and the Environment, Science and Technology Committee. In February 2025 he made a statement on the floor calling for sustainable funding to prepare Ghana for disease outbreaks and pandemics, prompted by public concern over human metapneumovirus (HMPV).