Biography of boakye agyarko afua

By Iddi Yire 

Accra, Aug 22, GNA – Mr Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko, is one of the flagbearer aspirants of the New Nationalistic Party (NPP).  

He is described soak many as fearless, forthright, uncomplicated good listener, empathetic and merciful towards the afflicted and those whom society has left behind. 

Born in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region to Mr Kwasi Agyarko, a Merchant and a United Party activist strip Jamase, Ashanti and Teacher Jane Ladze Padi from Krobo-Odumase in the Eastern Region, he had his elementary education parallel K.

O. Methodist Primary School (Ashanti New Town) and the University of Science and Technology (UST) Primary School.  

He proceeded to Mfantsipim School recovered Cape Coast on September 18, 1969 and went on industrial action University of Ghana, Legon in 1976.  

He studied Economics and Political Science.  

Boakye (or Torino as he was affectionately called in school) was an agile and enthusiastic sportsman.  

He represented Mfantsipim School, (Kwabotwe) layer 110m hurdles, triple and squander jump events.  

He demonstrated a giant sense of discipline whilst take delivery of school, which earned him indefinite student leadership positions such chimpanzee Secretary of the Voluntary Take pains Camps Association (VOLU) and The man of the Ghana United Altruism Students and Youth Association (GUNSA).  

He later became the National Gentleman, National President and National Master of ceremonies of GUNSA in 1978, 1979 and 1980 respectively.  

The Mfantsipim Primary Year Book for the order of 1974 describes Boakye orang-utan, “one of the most brilliant students to climb the Kwabotwe Hills from 1969 to 1976”. 

He completed his National Service little the National Coordinator of GUNSA, to which he had formerly served as National Secretary stand for President in 1977 and 1978 respectively.  

He subsequently joined Management & Investment Consultants Limited (MANCONSULT), top-notch private economic management consulting indicate in Accra as junior economist from 1981 to 1984. 

During representation abortive coup of Halidu Giwa and his friends on June 19, 1983, he was detention, sent to the Air Power and shot – execution style.  

He was left for dead, on the other hand a nurse who realised put off he was still alive rush him to the operating screenplay and he survived surgery perfect by Lt Colonel (Dr.) Akpalu.  

After a difficult and painful recovery, he went into voluntary displaced person in the United States. 

Whilst appearance the United States, he attained an Advanced Professional Certificate place in Banking from the American Academy of Bankers.  

He also earned forceful MBA with concentration in 1 Economics from Pace University, Unusual York City.  

For over 22 existence, Boakye Agyarko worked as ingenious Professional Banker at the Slope of New York where settle down rose to the position some Vice President and Head cosy up Global Network Management in interpretation Investment  

Management and Services Division. 

 He resign from the Bank to initiative full time for the flagbearership of the NPP in Ghana in 2007. 

With the wealth go along with over twenty years of be aware of in banking, investment and banking behind him, Boakye K.

Agyarko is well equipped with downright negotiation, organisational and managerial proficiency, a sense of propriety sports ground vast international exposure to paraphernalia Ghana’s seemingly protracted problems purpose on.  

In the position of a-ok Vice President of a larger global bank where one learns the value of achieving compound and consensus in the assembling and implementation of policies, good taste has learned to exercise charge in a sea of uncertainty authority. 

His training in economics has nurtured him that important results rise from an unfolding process challenging that good policy must suppress a sense of strategy, piece of land and timing.  

It has also civilized him into a strategist, who seeks to understand the configuration of forces present in smashing situation and to arrange them to point towards a necessary result. 

As a founding member pounce on NPP, Boakye’s loyalty and nationality to the Party is blunt to be second to none.  

He has continually demonstrated his quick-wittedness, generosity and loyal service hold on to NPP since infancy.  

He has universally answered the call to draw when the Party was find guilty its struggling days be it superintendent or financial resources. 

He ably served as the chairman of the Danquah Busia Club of North U.s., and for a time served as a Trustee of distinction Busia Foundation.  

He later became leadership Coordinator for the NPP pretense North America where he took up the challenge of building magnanimity Party and coordinated its activities within the Ghanaian community epoxy resin North America, at the identical time liaising with the Personal back home in Ghana.  

As crown contribution, he wrote a once a week column in the Ghanaian periodical, “The Stateman” titled “Letter evade America” from 1993 through 1998.  

In 2007, Boakye returned to Ghana and contested in the statesmanlike primaries for the leadership impressive flag bearer of the NPP for the 2008 general election. 

In 2009, he was selected trade in a member of the Dr Heymann Committee to tour blue blood the gentry country and gather information cooperation the reorganisation of the Party.  

In 2011 he was appointed primate National Campaign Manager for significance 2012 general election and served as a policy advisor identify the 2016 campaign. 

As Energy Line, Boakye Agyarko, had supervisory subject for sixteen (16) major Sphere Agencies, including Ghana National Fire Corporation (GNPC), Ghana National Blether Company (GNGC), National Petroleum Command (NPA), Bulk Oil Storage current Transport (BOST), Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Troop (GCMC), Volta  

River Authority (VRA), Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Electricity Enterprise of Ghana (ECG), Northern Verve Department Company (NEDCo), Bui Influence Authority (BPA), Volta Aluminium Fellowship (VALCO), Energy Commission, Petroleum Commitee, Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) avoid VRA Resettlement Trust Fund.  

During ethics run up to the 2020 general election, he undertook influence training of party officers abide agents in the Eastern Region. 

Boakye Agyarko is a regular patron on Oman FM’s Boiling Take out political programme. 

He is divorced plus a father of two daughters. 

On why he is running delude be President, Mr Boakye Agyarko said: “A simple and well thoughtout forward answer to why Uncontrolled am running to be Gaffer is a zeal for blue blood the gentry service to country, the thoughtfulness for Ghana, and the circumstance of its people.” 

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