Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah is a

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politician and Member of Parliament of Tema West constituency. Also, he was a Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry in Ghana. He is also the CEO of Carlos King Freight Services.

Education

Ahenkorah attended Tema Secondary School and

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. He obtained a Master of Arts (Ports and Shipping Administration) degree from the

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, Nungua-

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and the

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in 2013.

Career

He worked at Jospong Consortium as a sales executive from 2004 to 2006. He was the marketing manager of Zoomlion Ghana Limited and the manager director of J. A. Plant Pool Limited between 2007 and 2012. He has been a lecturer at the Regional Maritime University since 2005 and lectured at

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(GIMPA) since 2010. He has been running Carlos King Freight Services since 1992.

Politics

Ahenkorah is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He was the Member of Parliament for Tema West Constituency. After serving two terms in Parliament in 2016 and 2020, he chose not to seek re-election for the Tema West seat, stepping aside to allow others to contest.

Committees

Ahenkorah was the Chairperson for the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee; a member of the Privileges Committee and also a member of the Works and Housing Committee.

Controversy

He was compelled to resign from his position as Minister of State after testing positive for

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and flouted health protocols and going out to interact with party supporters. In 2020, he went to a registration center whilst he was COVID-19 positive. This was at a time when he was to have been in self isolation. For this action pressure group

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demanded his expulsion from government. He was given an ultimatum by the president to tender his resignation. On the 3rd of July 2020, he resigned from office. In January 2021, during a national live telecast of the election of the

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, Ahenkorah was seen snatching ballot sheets from the chamber during the voting process, before they were retrieved by security personnel and opposition lawmakers, as he bolted for the exit. The Majority Leader of the eight parliament of Ghana, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu denied speculations that he had instructed Carlos Ahenkorah to snatch ballot papers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahenkorah, Carlos Kingsley Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 1966 births Living people Akan people New Patriotic Party politicians Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 Cabinet ministers of Ghana Ghanaian Christians University of Ghana alumni Abuakwa State College alumni