Nana Ayew Afriyie

Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie is a medical doctor and health economist who represents Effiduase-Asokore in the Ashanti Region for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). First elected in 2016, he won again in 2020 and 2024 and now sits with the NPP minority.

Doctor and economist

Born on 22 January 1978 in Effiduase, Afriyie qualified as a doctor at the University of Ghana Medical School in 2004. He then turned to the economics of health care, adding a postgraduate certificate in health economics from Oxford, an MA in economic policy management from the University of Ghana and a Master of Public Health in health economics from the University of Leeds.

Hospital leadership

Before Parliament he headed institutional public health at the Ridge Hospital in Accra and was chief executive of St John's Hospital and Fertility Centre at Tantra Hills.

Health Committee chairman

In the Eighth Parliament he chaired the Health Committee, putting him at the centre of debates on the National Health Insurance Scheme and health spending, and he also sat on the Finance Committee. He has four children.