An aspiring parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante Akyem South constituency of the Ashanti Region, Eric Amofa has filed his nomination forms with a strong appeal to the party’s constituency executives to create a level playing field for all the aspirants ahead of the April 25 contest.
He said the executives have the primary responsibility to give equal opportunities to all the aspirants without any biases, favouritism or necessarily aligning themselves to any particular candidate.
Mr. Amofa stormed the NPP constituency office at Juaso on Friday 14th February 2020 with massive followers of enthusiastic party youth who marched through the principal streets of the town chanting victory songs for the MP hopeful.
His nomination forms were received by the Constituency Secretary, William Obeng and the Chairman, Gilbert Adarkwa Yiadom, who thanked Mr Amofa for availing himself for the contest and also appreciated him for conducting himself peacefully and maturely.
According to the UK-based Financial Analyst, he will embark on nothing but a decent, mature and insult-free campaign to ensure unity in the NPP.
The aspirant who is the Deputy Branch Organiser of the NPP in the UK commended the constituency executives for their cooperation from the time he announced his intentions till the day of filing his nomination.
Mr. Amofa promised to restrain his supporters from ever attacking any aspirant or engaging in indecent campaign.
About Eric Amofa
He is a UK and Ghana-based social activist, social worker and financial analyst born at Juaso in the Asante Akyem Municipality.
He is 39 years old.
He holds a Masters Degree in International Banking and Finance, Masters Degree in Social Work and BSc in Business Management from the University of Salford, Manchester UK.
Eric Amofa also holds HND in Marketing from Kumasi Polytechnic (Kumasi Technical University), Diploma in Public Relations -ICM UK, Diploma in Journalism and Marketing from the Institute of Business Management and Journalism, Kumasi and also attended Juaso L/A Primary School, Juaso L/A JSS and Juaso Senior Secondary School.
The NPP aspirant worked as a social worker in the Leicestershire County Council Child Protection Team before he resigned in October 2019 to avail himself to serve the people of Asante Akyem South.
He formerly worked as an operational and compliance analyst in Dollar Financial Group UK Head Office.
Eric Amofa also worked as a supervisory committee chairman with Nottingham Credit Union head office as a Volunteer to help the Credit Union to meet its regulatory requirements.
He also worked for The Lowry Theatre Salford Quays as a finance administrator whilst studying MSc International Banking and Finance in Manchester.
Locally, Mr Amofa worked at the Asante Akyem Rural Bank at Juaso and Kumasi for six years and later joined the First Allied Saving and Loans as Credit Officer at Obuasi.
Political career and experience
Eric Amofa is the current NPP UK branch Deputy Organiser; torment Nottingham NPP Chapter Chairman; and Nottingham NPP Chapter Secretary.
He is also a founding member of TESCON NPP- UK, founding member and national leader of National Union of Ghanaian Student Association UK (NUGSA UK), Founder – NPP Nottingham NPP Chapter April and Manchester NPP Chapter Organiser and Co-Founder.