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Aspiring NPP Parliamentary Candidate · Ablekuma West

A New Chapter for Ablekuma West

Lawyer. Public servant. Son of Ablekuma West. For over a decade I have served our Party and our country — at the President's side, and here at home. Now I'm asking for your support to win this seat back for the NPP.

VOTE KOW ABAKA ESSUMAN
8Years as Legal Counsel
to the President
3Bars admitted:
Ghana · England & Wales · New York
8Years Chairman, Martin de Porres
Polling Station A
Empowerment Programme · In progress

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The Plan

Priorities for our people

02

Roads & Infrastructure

Fix the roads, drains and streetlights that families use every day — so getting to work, school and the market is safe and reliable.

03

Sanitation & Health

Cleaner neighbourhoods, better waste management, and accessible healthcare so no family is left choosing between rent and their wellbeing.

04

Education & Youth

Well-resourced schools and real opportunities for our young people — from the classroom to their first job.

05

Water & Utilities

Reliable water and power for every home and business, because the basics should never be a luxury.

06

A Government That Shows Up

An accountable, present representative — office hours in the community, regular town halls, and progress you can see.

About Kow

Lawyer. Public servant. Son of Ablekuma West.

For over a decade, Kow Abaka Essuman has served the New Patriotic Party and the people of Ghana — in government, at the national level, and here at home in Ablekuma West.

He has stood at the President's side as Legal Counsel to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (2017–2025) and as Acting Secretary to the President, serving as a member of Cabinet. He helped run national campaigns as Director of New Media for the NPP, and sits on the Party's Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee.

But he has also shown up on the ground in our own constituency — as Chairman of Martin de Porres Polling Station A, as the election-day lawyer assigned to Ablekuma West in 2016, 2020 and 2024, and as a neighbour who gives practical help when it is needed.

A lawyer admitted in Ghana, England & Wales and New York, he holds an LLM from Cornell, was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn, and lectures in Constitutional Law at GIMPA. He is a recipient of the Grand Medal of Ghana and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.

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On the campaign trail

Campaign highlights

Meeting members, training the first Licence to Earn batch, and evenings with residents across Ablekuma West. This is the campaign right now.

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The Receipts

A record of service

Not promises — a decade of work for the Party, for Ghana, and for Ablekuma West.

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Rooted in Ablekuma West

  • Chairman, Martin de Porres Polling Station A Interim 2018–2022 · Chairman 2022–date
  • Election-day lawyer assigned to Ablekuma West 2016, 2020 & 2024 general elections — protecting the Party at the polls and during collation
  • Member, 2020 & 2024 Otojor Campaign Teams On the ground for the constituency's NPP campaigns
  • Key supporter of Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful The only MP the NPP has ever elected in Ablekuma West
  • Direct support to the constituency Cash donations, motorbikes, branded T-shirts, COVID-19 masks and face shields
  • Practical assistance to party members and residents Including help securing jobs and travel opportunities

Service in Government

  • Legal Counsel to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo 2017–2025
  • Acting Secretary to the President 2024–2025
  • Member, Cabinet of President Akufo-Addo
  • Board Member, State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) 2018–2025
  • Board Member, Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) 2018–2025

National Party Leadership

  • Director of New Media, NPP National Campaign 2012–2020
  • Member, Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, National Council of the NPP 2018–date
  • Member, Legal Directorate of the NPP
  • Originator and Chief Promoter of the I Am For Nana campaign 2016
  • Team Lead for e-Dialogue and the launch of the NPP's social media campaign 2012

Digital & Campaign Leadership

  • Key member, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia's Social Media Team 2023 Presidential Primaries
  • Adviser to the Social Media Director, Bawumia Campaign 2024
  • Social media account handler for President Akufo-Addo, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Dr. Bawumia, Hajia Samira Bawumia and the NPP Still an administrator on all of these accounts
  • Trainer of NPP communicators and Members of Parliament on communication and social media
  • Resource person for the New Patriotic Party and the Patriotic Institute

Legal & Academic Credentials

  • Admitted to practise in England & Wales, New York, and Ghana
  • Notary Public of the Supreme Court of Ghana
  • Practised law in England, New York and Ghana — including with Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah
  • Appeared before every level of court in Ghana
  • Counsel in Ghana's leading reported case on waiver of sovereign immunity The Argentine warship case
  • Lecturer in Constitutional Law, GIMPA Formerly Ghana School of Law and Zenith University College

Education

  • LLB (Hons), Second Class Upper — University of Westminster, London
  • Bar Vocational Course — BPP Law School, UK
  • Called to the Bar of England & Wales by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn
  • LLM — Cornell University, New York
  • Post-Call Law Course — Ghana School of Law
  • Executive Certificates — University of Oxford & Harvard University

Global Recognition

Grand Medal of GhanaNational Honours

Young Global LeaderWorld Economic Forum · former Global Shaper

ICSID Panel of ArbitratorsWorld Bank

Vice PresidentAssociation of European Attorneys

Honorary AwardHead of State Award Scheme

"I have spent my career opening doors — for our President, for our Party, and for Ghana on the global stage. Now I want to open doors for Ablekuma West. I am asking for your support to become the NPP's Parliamentary Candidate, so that together we can win this seat back for the New Patriotic Party."

— Kow Abaka Essuman

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