Justin Frimpong Kodua (JFK) has beaten the incumbent John Boadu to the general secretary position of the ruling New Patriotic Party with 2,837 votes, the Incumbent who had 2,524 votes out of the 5,556 total votes cast with a margin of 313 votes.

The race was between the two candidates leaving the other contestants in the person of Frederick Opare Ansah, with 50 votes, Iddirus Mush with 104 votes, Ramseyer Ahmed Agyemang Prempeh with 108 votes, and Charles Bissue who had 12 votes even though had stepped down ahead of polls.

Justin Kodua, is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), having been appointed into that position in February 2017 by President Nana Addo Dankwa to lead the drive to address the youth unemployment canker in Ghana.

He is a lawyer by profession with a specialization in corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration, with a particular interest in land disputes and asset management.

The former Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) becomes the youngest gentleman to occupy the general secretary position of the ruling party at the age of 40.   

He holds an LLB from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and a Barrister of Law from the Ghana School of Law.
Justin Frimpong Kodua also holds a Bachelor of Science in Land Economy from the same university.

Source…www.sompaonline.com/Eric Murphy Asare