Hon
Klutse Avedzi
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Ketu North
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
Born
Klutse Avedzi

(1964-07-14) 14 July 1964 (age 59)
Xipe
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
OccupationPolitician
CommitteesPublic Accounts Committee, Business Committee, Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee, Committee of Selection Committee

James Klutse Avedzi is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ketu North Constituency in the Volta Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Early life and education

James Klutse Avedzi was born on 14 July 1964.[7] He hails from Xipe in the Volta Region of Ghana.[5] He attended University of Liverpool and graduated with a master's degree in Finance and Accounting in 2016. He further pursued a doctorate in International and Political Finance in Business at the university of Costa Rica.[1] He also had his ICA-G from the Institute of Chartered Accountant in Ghana and also his MCIT from Ghana Chartered Institute of Taxation. He also had his Fcfia from the Chartered Institute of Financial and Investment Analysis in Ghana.[7]

Career

James Klutse Avedzi worked as the principal accountant at the Controller and Accountant Generals Department in Accra from 1995 before seeking political office in 2004.[7] He was the former Chairman of the Finance Committee in parliament of Ghana.[8] He was also the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of parliament.[9] He was also the Deputy Minority Leader for the NDC in parliament.[3][10]

Political career

James is a member of the National Democratic congress (NDC), He contested and won the parliamentary seat for the Ketu North constituency in 2005.[1] He has since then represented the Ketu North Constituency in the 5th, 6th and 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[11]

In 2023, he was removed from office as the Deputy Minority Leader for the NDC and was replaced by Kofi Armah Buah together with some other leaders. This decision caused tension and met some push back in the NDC leadership.

In a statement signed by NDC General Secretary, Fiifi Kwetey, Kwame Agbodza becomes the Chief Whip for the opposition side and will be deputised by Banda MP, Ahmed Ibrahim and Ada legislator, Comfort Doyo Ghansah respectively. The statement also added "the new leadership would be charged to recommend consequential changes in the Ranking membership to the Headquarters of the party for approval". But the change only annoyed the party's base across the country. In response, the party's leadership claimed the reshuffle was to engender regional balance in the party.[12]

Personal life

James is married with four children. He is a Christian who worships in the Global Evangelical Church[13] His wife died on 30 January 2020 after being unwell for some time at the Ketu South District Hospital.[9][14][15]

Achievements

He constructed roads and gave scholarships to students in his constituency. He built schools and provided water to communities who had water problems. As the member of parliament, he connected about 150 villages to the national grid.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ghana MPs – List of MPs". GhanaMps. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ "PAC to subpoena, cause arrest of un-cooperating witnesses". MyJoyOnline. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Haruna Iddrisu named minority leader, Avedzi made deputy". Citi 97.3 FM – Relevant Radio. Always. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Haruna Iddrisu apt for Minority leader position – Avoka". Citi 97.3 FM – Relevant Radio. Always. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  6. ^ "James Klutse Avedzi, Biography". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b c UKGCC (11 July 2018). "HON. JAMES KLUTSE AVEDZI". UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Give me another chance — James Klutse Avedzi". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b Starrfmonline (31 January 2020). "PAC Chair Avedzi loses wife". Starr Fm. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  10. ^ "100 days of NPP 'unimpressive' – Minority". Citi 97.3 FM – Relevant Radio. Always. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  12. ^ "NDC group blasts National Executives over removal of Klutse Avedzi". GhanaWeb. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Avedzi, Klutse James (Dr)". GhanaMps. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Dzifa Gomashie Mourns With The Avedzi Family". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  15. ^ Wod, Lawson (25 August 2022). "James Klutse Avedzi Biography, Age, Net worth, Education, Children, Wife, Parents". Coverghana. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
Categories