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Who Is Akua Donkor

Akua Donkor is a farmer, politician, and the founder and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP).

Political Career

Akua Donkor contests for the first time in the presidential candidate, after two unsuccessful attempts in and

In , Donkor filed to contest as an Independent Candidate but was disqualified by the Electoral Commission (EC). She later formed the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), where she was the flagbearer for the elections but was again disqualified from contesting for the presidential elections by the EC.

Donkor qualified to contest for the presidential elections for the GFP.

Prior to her presidential ambitions, Donkor was an assemblywoman for the Herman Electoral area in the Central Region.

Date Of Birth

She was born in February , and comes from Afigya Kwabre Districtin the Ashanti Region.

She is a cocoa farmer and is not known to have any formal education.

Age

She is 65 years

Net Worth

Not Estimated ( Update Soon )

Pioneers, in all climes and spheres of life, sweep the floor and lay the ground rules on which subsequent entrants emulate and build on.

Madam Akua Donkor, born in February , personifies this aphorism. She blazed the trail in Ghanaian politics, when she founded Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) and helped shape policy that enhanced the participation of women in politics that was largely dominated by men.

She made her first bid for the presidency in as an independent candidate, unfortunately, she was disqualified by the Electoral Commission for not meeting eligibility requirements, a decision she disputed, but chose not to legally contest.

In , she faced another setback when her party&#;s headquarters in Kabu, situated in the Eastern Region, was destroyed by fire, which also led to her disqualification from that election.

To many, she was a joke to our democracy, but the mockery and name calling, did not daunt an enterprising spirit easily found in he. If anything, it actually defined her tenacity to succeed against all odds.

It is an existential fact that two things face every human being and they are uniquely unavoidable. One is life, the other is death. In between are legacies an