Catherine Ablema Afeku
Sex or gender | female |
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Country of citizenship | Ghana |
Given name | Catherine |
Date of birth | 27 Sigir/Nwadisayɔpɔi 1967 |
Place of birth | Axim |
Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
Occupation | politician, marketer |
Position held | Member of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana, Member of the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana, Minister of Tourism of Ghana |
Educated at | DeVry University |
Member of political party | New Patriotic Party |
Religion or worldview | Christianity |
Catherine Ablema Afeku (du'am yʋʋm anɛ 27 Sigir/Nwadisayɔpɔi 1967) anɛ Ghana nid kanɛ an pɔlitis wɛ’ɛd. O anɛ wabʋg na’adɔɔg la nid nɛ wadmaan tis Evalue Gwira Constituency n bɛ Western Region sʋ’ʋlim. O anɛ kpanaraan minista n bɛ gɔmena zugdaan Nana Akuffo-Addo gɔmena ni,ka nɛ o an minista tis gɔmma lʋgir kanɛ ti buon ye Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts of Ghana yi February 2017 ti paae February 2019[1][2][3]
O daa yi minista bɛ Tourism keŋ teŋ zugdaa ɔfis Ghana Republic bɛ 28 February 2019.[4]Nannana on na an minista teŋ zugdaan ɔfis.[5]
O sin’iŋ si’em nɛ o sakur yɛla
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Ba da du’a nɛ bɛ Axim n bɛ Western Region sʋ’ʋlim. O mɔr Master of Business Administration n yit Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University in Atlanta, Georgia n bɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi la ni.[6]
O tʋʋma yɛla
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Afeku daa tʋʋm nɛ dunia wʋsa Bank ni nɛ Stico Petroleum bɛ Kenya, ani ka o daa an business development consultant. O[7] daa lɛm tʋʋm bɛ Inlingua School of languages bɛ Brescia, Italy.[7] nwɛnɛ yʋʋm 2000s saŋa o daa an gɔmena zugdaan pian’adi’es Ghana nwa tis infrastructure in the John Agyekum Kufour saŋa[6]
O politiks tʋʋma yɛla
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Afeku kpɛn’ Ghana dim politiks n bɛ 2000s bɛ Ghana gɔmena zudaan John Agyekum Kufuor saŋa.[6]O daa anɛ gɔmma zʋgdaan pian’adi’es .
On an wadmaan la yɛla
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]O daa nya’ad yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ anii vɔɔtʋg la bɛ Evalue Gwira constituency.[6] o daa di ka bas onɛ daa mɔr la, Kojo Armah onɛ daa zi’enɛ tis nɔraug paati, o paami 11,671 vɔɔts .N pass wadmaandib yikanɛ paasi anu la be Ghana Republic kanɛ paasi anaasi la, yiiga o daa paasi nidiba gɔsid ti suoya nam maanlʋg yɛla anɛ ya’andɔl tis ti pian’ad nam la’asʋg .[6] nya’aŋa o daa lɛm anɛ k la’asʋg kanɛ ka ti boun business committee nid yinne[6] .O da lʋ onɛ lɛn zi’el la bɛ 2008 vɔɔtʋg tita’a la ni. O daa lɛm nya’ad na’am ya’as bɛ o constituency bɛ 2016 vɔtʋg la ni , ani Ka o daa nyaŋ on daa mɔr, Kweku Tanikyi Kesse onɛ zi’enɛ tis ma’asim tiig paati la, onɛ paam 11,641 vɔɔts yit 20,179, ka kɔbiga pʋʋginɛ ka o paam 57.7% yit vɔɔts la wʋsa ni.[6]
Tourism minista
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayɔpɔi la, li nwadi yinne la ni ka gɔmma zugdaan Nana Akuffo-Addo gaan Afeku onɛ Tourism minista. Onɛ daa an tourism minista, o daa keŋ ken bɛdigʋ ye o ku’os ti teŋ la zin’iŋ banɛ an nyalima ka teŋ si’eba kena gɔs.[8]
O daa keŋ People's Republic of China bɛ March 2017, ani ka o daa si’el investors nɛ exhibitors ye ba sʋŋ iɛɛ tourist nam nɛ arts nɛ culture Ghana nwan.[8]
Ba gaan Afeku ka o an kukdaan nɛ kpɛɛm bɛ Taskforce n bɛ United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Ba yɛl lina ka li bɛ 25 January 2018.[9]
Yɛlkanɛ daa naam yi o vɛɛnsʋg la nya’aŋ (Vetting controversy)
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Vɛɛnsʋg la pʋʋginɛ wadmaanib yir la’asʋg kanɛ gɔsid vɛɛnsʋg yɛla la, daa mɔr labaar ye, Catherine nɛ o sid , ka kɔɔtʋ zɛrigir ba ye gɛɛns wada bɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ ayɔpɔi la ni ( 2007).[10][11] pɔɔtim pa’al ye, Accra kɔɔtʋʋ tita’ar la daa yɛl Afekus sʋm ka yɔ ligikaŋa $217,464.00 paas nɛ 50% nyɔɔd tis American couple, Patricia nɛ Bill Gick, ban daa baŋ ye gbɛlʋŋ la yinɛ ba ni la.[12] Catherine nɛ o sid la daa pʋ yɔ ligidi la nwɛnɛ kɔɔtʋ la yɛl si’em la. Asu’oe-m-mɛŋ la’asʋg buon ye (Truth and Accountable Governance)daa fabil tis gɔmena zugdaan Akuffo-Addo ye o yisʋg minista ni bas. Vɛɛnsʋg la’asʋg daa ye nwana la, ka Afeku yɛli ba ye, asida o na pʋ yɔ ligidi la, bɔzugɔ o na sɔsi kɔɔtʋ la nɛ 2013 ka ba pʋ zin’inɛ lina kɛ ka o pʋ di’e kɔɔtʋ la nɔɔr nanɛ.[11]Ba daa vɛɛns o nɛ yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayɔpɔi la, li nwadis ayi la ni,li daba ayuobʋ daar, n yi wadmaanib yir vɛɛnsʋg la’asʋg kanɛ gɔsid minista nam gaansʋg yɛla .[13]Ban daa vɛɛns o la ka wadaanib banɛ pʋ zu’oe la daa ye, ba ku siak tis o ya’a ka o an minista la bɔzugɔ o pʋ maan ka ti buon ye National Service. On daa lɛbis si’el zaŋi keŋ yɛlkan anɛ ye o daa bɛnɛ Nairobi, Kenya nɛ o du’adib saŋa,lin ka o daa pʋ nyaŋ maalɛ.[14] o daa tis ya’a la nɛ 11 February 2017 on daa paam gbaʋŋ yi National service secretariat, ka o zaŋi tis vɛɛnsʋg la’asʋg banɛ gɔsid minista nam gaansʋg yɛla nya’aŋ.[15]Ba daa bas o suor yinɛ ba wʋsa daa siak la.[15]
Cabinet minista
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Yʋum tusa ayi nɛ piinɛ ayɔpɔi la, li nwadis anu (May 2017), ka gɔmena zugdaan Akufo-Addo gaŋi Afeku paas o minista nam piinɛ awai la ni ye ba an cabinet mimista.[16] Ba daa nɔk minista nam piinɛ awai la yʋ’ʋra tis wadmaanib yir kpɛɛm Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Ocquaye ye o zaŋi ba bigis.[16] on daa cabinet minista la, Afeku daa paasi gɔmena zugdaani nɛ ba zin’il gban’e gban’asa tis teŋ la.[16]
O mɛŋ vʋm yɛla
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]Catherine daa ɛli Seth Afeku ka ba mɔr biis atan’. O an kristio biig ka Catholic Church nid.[6]
Gbanvɛɛnsa
[dɛmisim gbɛlima | dɛmisimi din yi zin'isiana]- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170114184201/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Meet-Akufo-Addo-s-36-ministerial-nominees-500657
- ↑ https://www.modernghana.com/news/748612/12-more-ministers-picked.html
- ↑ https://citinewsroom.com/2020/07/photojournalists-in-western-region-boycott-catherine-afekus-programmes/
- ↑ https://www.graphic.com.gh/showbiz/news/reshuffle-catherine-afeku-axed-from-tourism-ministry.html#&ts=undefined
- ↑ https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Catherine-Afeku-speaks-about-her-new-post-at-Osafo-Marfo-s-office-727756
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 http://ghanamps.com/mps/details.php?id=36
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20190724020722/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/governance/ministers/3444-hon-catherine-afeku-minister-for-tourism-arts-culture
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20180721231058/http://kasapafmonline.com/2017/04/04/photos-hon-catherine-afeku-markets-ghanas-travel-tourism-industry-china/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190202102359/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Catherine-Afeku-gets-UN-tourism-appointment-720146
- ↑ http://ghanapoliticsonline.com/npps-catherine-afeku-found-guilty-fraud/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2017/january-25th/akufo-addo-probes-tourism-minister-designate.php
- ↑ http://citifmonline.com/2017/01/26/catherine-afeku-not-a-fraudster-qualifies-to-be-minister-dame/
- ↑ http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Catherine-Afeku-appears-before-Appointments-Committee-Highlights-507390
- ↑ http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Minority-rejects-Catherine-Afeku-s-approval-508787
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Ghana
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20170731025902/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Arts-Minister-Catherine-Afeku-makes-it-to-Cabinet-542839