Ebenezer Kwaku Addo

Ebenezer Kwaku Addo is a Ghanaian health service administrator and politician born on 13 May 1987, who serves as the Member of Parliament for the Asutifi North constituency in the Ahafo Region. A member of the National Democratic Congress who won the seat in December 2024 in his second attempt at the constituency, he brings a career in health administration within the Ghana Health Service to the representation of a constituency in the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region.

Education

Addo pursued his higher education at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the Catholic University of Ghana, building an academic foundation that prepared him for a career in health service management. His formal academic formation combined the scientific and technological orientation of KNUST with the institutional environment of a Catholic University, giving him a broad educational grounding for the public health administrative career that followed.

Career in the Ghana Health Service

He joined the Ghana Health Service and built a career in health administration that progressed through senior levels of the service. Starting as an Administrative Manager, he rose to Senior Administrative Manager and subsequently to Principal Administrative Manager, a progression through the Ghana Health Service's administrative hierarchy that gave him experience managing health facilities, overseeing administrative staff and coordinating the operational requirements of health delivery in Ghana's public sector. His career in health administration directly equipped him for parliamentary work on the committee and policy dimensions of health governance.

Parliamentary career

He first contested the Asutifi North constituency in the December 2020 general election on the NDC ticket but lost, polling 16,452 votes representing 46.75 per cent, falling short of the NPP's Patrick Banor who retained the seat. He persisted, contested again in December 2024 and won, receiving a majority of 18,584 votes, reversing the 2020 result and returning the seat to the NDC as part of the party's national gains. He assumed office on 7 January 2025 as a first-term parliamentarian in the Ninth Parliament.

Political Legacy

Ebenezer Kwaku Addo's persistence through an initial parliamentary defeat and his eventual success in the same constituency reflect the determination that competitive Ghanaian constituency politics demands. His Ghana Health Service administrative career gives his parliamentary work a direct professional grounding in the public health sector, an asset for a legislator representing a region where healthcare access remains a central constituency concern.