{"id":3643,"date":"2025-08-05T13:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghstandard.com\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:21:20","slug":"profile-hon-francis-asenso-boakye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghstandard.com\/fr\/politics-news-in-ghana\/profile-hon-francis-asenso-boakye\/","title":{"rendered":"PROFILE: Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ghstandard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hon.-Francis-Asenso-Boakye-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3645\" style=\"width:426px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghstandard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hon.-Francis-Asenso-Boakye-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ghstandard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hon.-Francis-Asenso-Boakye.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye<\/strong> &#8211; MP for Bantama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye<\/strong> is the Member of Parliament for Bantama, representing the New Patriotic Party (NPP). A native of Maase, he was born on Saturday, 24th September 1977, and is a Christian by faith. He is currently serving in the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hon. Asenso-Boakye holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Planning from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, completed in 2001. He furthered his education at Michigan State University, where he earned a Master\u2019s degree in Public Policy and Administration in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professionally, he has held several high-level government positions, including <strong>Deputy Chief of Staff<\/strong>, <strong>Minister for Works and Housing<\/strong>, and <strong>Minister for Roads and Highways<\/strong>, where he played a pivotal role in infrastructure development and public sector policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within Parliament, he serves as <strong>Ranking Member on the Local Government and Rural Development Committee<\/strong>, and is also a member of the <strong>Roads and Transportation Committee<\/strong> and the <strong>Human Rights Committee<\/strong>, contributing to national policy on governance, infrastructure, and civil liberties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye is the Member of Parliament for Bantama, representing the New Patriotic Party (NPP). A native of Maase, he was born on Saturday, 24th September 1977, and is a Christian by faith. He is currently serving in the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. Hon. Asenso-Boakye holds a Bachelor of Science degree in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"float","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_featured":"0","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":" Hon. 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