BIOGRAPHY OF AGRIPAH OPOKU,REAL NAME AND HIS EARLY LIFE

BIOGRAPHY OF AGRIPAH OPOKU

Agripah Opoku, was born to Mr. Kweku Poku and Mrs DoraOsei Poku in Kumasi in 1992.

He started his primary and junior high schoool education at StJoseph school in Kumasi.He continued

to Toase Senior High School and rose to become the seniorboys Prefect after occupying several

positions in the school. He proceeded to the Kwame

Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology

for his tertiary education and obtained a BA Degree in

Political Studies.

He was the Vice President of the College of Arts and Socialscience now the College of Humanities and

Social science, the Vice President and the welfare Committeechair of KNUST Student Representatives

Council for 2013,2014 and 2015 respectively.

He had his national service with Ghana Revenue Authority

.Then proceeded to work with Ecobank

Ghana as a stock broker for MTN on their floating shares andlater worked with Ghana Forestry

Commission. In 2019 he travelled to the UK and worked as astock manager with Selfridges,he went

ahead and pursued a course on security intelligence until Hereturn to Ghana to contest for a District

Assembly Elections.

He has a master of Arts degree in Public Administration andcurrently studying Law in Kwame Nkrumah

University of Science and Technology and part of Senator

Law Students Association-KNUST.

He is mentored by many outstanding personalities,significantof them is Rev S. Y Maxwell,his father

in the Lord, who is also the Head Pastor of the UniquegraceChapel International. Agripah Opoku has been in the churchsince it

inception. He also doubles as an administrator and First Vicepresident of Unique Men.

Agripah Opoku is a conference speaker and the founder of

Centre For Youth Development (CYD),an

NGO empowering and impacting communities through

leadership training, mentoring, seminars and

donations.

Agripah Opoku presently serves as the Assembly member for the North Suntreso electoral area. He holds positions on various committees within the Bantama Sub Metropolitan Assembly in Kumasi, including Environmental, Development Planning, Revenue Mobilization, and Finance and Administration. Previously, he chaired the NUGS Sponsorship Committee in 2022 and 2023. Currently, he heads the Pre-tertiary Education Committee. His dedication to community development earned him an honorary award as Best Community and Social Developer of the Year. Notable initiatives include contributing to the Health and Security Drive in Tongu Schools and organizing BECE community mock exams for eleven schools in his constituency, aligning with NUGS' vision to make education accessible. He also distributed mathematical sets to BECE candidates and led a 'feed the street' drive for the less privileged. Mr. Opoku's commitment to serving his community stems from his strong faith and desire to positively impact his generation.