Oscar Ofori Larbi

Oscar Ofori-Larbi is a Ghanaian politician born on 14 September 1966 in Adukrom who serves as the Member of Parliament for the Aowin constituency in the Western North Region. A member of the National Democratic Congress who first assumed the Aowin seat on 7 January 2021 and retained it in December 2024, he represents a constituency in the Aowin District of the Western North Region, a forested area bordering Cote d'Ivoire where cocoa farming, rubber cultivation, timber and small-scale gold mining are the dominant economic activities.

Education and background

Ofori-Larbi holds a certificate in public administration, a qualification that provided him with foundational knowledge in governance and public sector management. He also completed an Advanced Diploma from Cambridge International College in March 2012, a distance-learning institution that provides professional management and business qualifications. His educational formation, while not from a conventional university pathway, reflects continuing professional development that complements his practical political engagement in the Aowin community.

Parliamentary career

He was elected Member of Parliament for Aowin in the 2020 general election, assuming office on 7 January 2021. In December 2024, he retained the seat, continuing the NDC's parliamentary representation of the Aowin constituency into the Ninth Parliament. He serves on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee, a committee assignment that is directly relevant to the agricultural economy of a Western North Region constituency where cocoa remains the primary cash crop and where the Committee's work on cocoa pricing, input supply and farming support has tangible impact on constituent livelihoods. He also sits on the Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee.

Political Legacy

Oscar Ofori-Larbi's multi-term parliamentary service in Aowin, combined with his membership of the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee, positions him as one of the NDC's consistent advocates for the agricultural and forest economy interests of the Western North Region's cocoa-producing communities.