title: Joseph Kwadwo Ofori
text: # Joseph Kwadwo Ofori
  
  Joseph Kwadwo Ofori (born 13 March 1967) is a former Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Akan constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana as an independent.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Ofori is married with one child. He is a Christian (Evangelical Presbyterian).
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Ofori was born on 13 March 1967. He hails from Kadjebi, a town in the Volta region of Ghana. He had his GCE 'O' Level at Kadjebi Asato Senior High School in 1990.
  
  ## Politics
  
  Ofori is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He first became a member of Parliament in 2009 after winning his poll in the 2008 Ghanaian general election and represented the Akan constituency. Which resulted in him becoming a member of the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. In 2012, He contested for re-election into the Akan seat on the ticket of the NDC in the 2012 Ghanaian general election and won.
  
  He was a committee member of Employment, Social Welfare and State, Special Budget.
  
  ## Career
  
  Ofori was a Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2012 for the Akan constituency in the Volta Region. He is a businessman.
  
  He was the managing director of Wafa Paye Company Limited.
  
  ## Personal
  
  Joseph is a Christian (Evangelical Presbyterian).
  
  