Stephen Amoah
{{Short description|Ghanaian politician}}
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Stephen Amoah (born 27 March 1970), popularly known as Sticka{{Cite web |date=2021-12-09 |title=Arrest Warrant For Stephen Amoah, Nhyiaeso MP |url=https://dailyguidenetwork.com/arrest-warrant-for-stephen-amoah-nhyiaeso-mp/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=DailyGuide Network |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825231909/https://dailyguidenetwork.com/arrest-warrant-for-stephen-amoah-nhyiaeso-mp/ |url-status=live }} is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).{{Cite web|date=2020-05-26|title=Nhyiaeso NPP Polling Station Executives, Opinion Leaders bear red teeth at Nyiaeso MP….Say "we know Sticka not Kankam" > News Times GH|url=https://newstimesgh.com/nhyiaeso-npp-polling-station-executives-opinion-leaders-bear-red-teeth-at-nyiaeso-mp-say-we-know-sticka-not-kankam/|access-date=2020-12-26|website=News Times GH|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213160854/https://newstimesgh.com/nhyiaeso-npp-polling-station-executives-opinion-leaders-bear-red-teeth-at-nyiaeso-mp-say-we-know-sticka-not-kankam/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|last=Frimpong|first=Enoch Darfah|date=20 June 2020|title=Stephen Amoah defeats incumbent Kennedy Kankam at Nhyiaeso|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/stephen-amoah-defeats-kennedy-kankam-at-nhyiaeso.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209135531/https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/stephen-amoah-defeats-kennedy-kankam-at-nhyiaeso.html|archive-date=2021-12-09|access-date=2020-12-26|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb|url-status=live}} He is the member of parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency.{{Cite web|title=Nhyiaeso Summary - 2020 Elections|url=https://www.modernghana.com/ghanahome/ghanavotes/2020/result_constituency.asp?constituency_id=1516|access-date=2020-12-26|website=www.modernghana.com|archive-date=2020-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205062527/https://www.modernghana.com/ghanahome/ghanavotes/2020/result_constituency.asp?constituency_id=1516|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Awal |first=Mohammed |date=2022-06-14 |title=T-bill rates partly responsible for high cost of lending – Dr. Stephen Amoah |url=https://thebftonline.com/2022/06/14/t-bill-rates-partly-responsible-for-high-cost-of-lending-dr-stephen-amoah/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Business & Financial Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825233410/https://thebftonline.com/2022/06/14/t-bill-rates-partly-responsible-for-high-cost-of-lending-dr-stephen-amoah/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Denis |first=Pwaberi |date=2022-01-26 |title=E-Levy will transform lives of Ghanaians – Stephen Amoah |url=https://3news.com/e-levy-will-transform-lives-of-ghanaians-stephen-amoah/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=3News.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426180634/https://3news.com/e-levy-will-transform-lives-of-ghanaians-stephen-amoah/ |url-status=live }} He is currently a board member of GCB Bank.{{Cite web |title=Nhyiaeso MP Stephen Amoah appointed Board Member of GCB |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/nhyiaeso-mp-stephen-amoah-appointed-board-member-of-gcb.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Graphic Online |date=9 March 2022 |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-09 |title=Stephen Amoah appointed board member of GCB Bank |url=https://asaaseradio.com/stephen-amoah-appointed-board-member-of-gcb-bank/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825231908/https://asaaseradio.com/stephen-amoah-appointed-board-member-of-gcb-bank/ |url-status=live }}
Early life and education
Stephen Amoah was born on 27 March 1970. He hails from Kronum Afrancho in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.{{Cite web |title=Parliament of Ghana |url=https://www.parliament.gh/mps?mp=143 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.parliament.gh |archive-date=2022-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208055704/https://parliament.gh/mps?mp=143 |url-status=live }} He completed Opoku Ware School, Kumasi.{{Cite web|date=2017-12-04|title=OPOKU WARE OLD BOYS, "AKATAKYIE" HONOUR BLACK STARS COACH KWASI APPIAH|url=http://ghanamansports.com/2017/12/04/opoku-ware-old-boys-akatakyie-honour-black-stars-coach-kwasi-appiah/|access-date=2020-12-26|website=GhanaManSports|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118025506/https://ghanamansports.com/2017/12/04/opoku-ware-old-boys-akatakyie-honour-black-stars-coach-kwasi-appiah/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2020-06-24|title=Opoku Ware School 'Is The Best', Prempeh Guys Are Only Distractive Interference Of Waves – MASLOC CEO|url=https://www.ghgossip.com/opoku-ware-school-is-the-best-prempeh-guys-are-only-distractive-interference-of-waves-masloc-ceo/|access-date=2020-12-26|website=GhGossip|language=en-AU|archive-date=2020-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625084011/https://www.ghgossip.com/opoku-ware-school-is-the-best-prempeh-guys-are-only-distractive-interference-of-waves-masloc-ceo/|url-status=dead}} He holds a Master of Science degree in Strategic Finance Management from University of Derby, United Kingdom in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Amoah, Stephen |url=https://ghanamps.com/mp/stephen-amoah/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Ghana MPS |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825231909/https://ghanamps.com/mp/stephen-amoah/ |url-status=live }} He also had his Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He also has a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from MIT. He also holds a PhD in Actuarial Science from KNUST.{{Cite web|title=MASLOC - CEO Page|url=http://www.masloc.gov.gh/ceo-profile.html|access-date=2020-12-26|website=www.masloc.gov.gh|archive-date=2020-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627220648/http://www.masloc.gov.gh/ceo-profile.html|url-status=live}}
Career
Amoah was the Chief Finance Officer of Kencity and also served in the past as the Deputy National Coordinator of the National Insurance Authority (NHIA).{{Cite web|date=2017-02-24|title='I will be CEO of MASLOC Ghana not NPP CEO'- Stephen Amoah|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/I-will-be-CEO-of-MASLOC-Ghana-not-NPP-CEO-Stephen-Amoah-513265|access-date=2020-12-26|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|archive-date=2022-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826144427/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/I-will-be-CEO-of-MASLOC-Ghana-not-NPP-CEO-Stephen-Amoah-513265|url-status=live}} In February 2017, He was appointed by President Akufo-Addo as the chief executive officer for the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC).{{Cite web|last=Online|first=Peace FM|title=Nana Addo Picks Kokofu As FC boss, Dr. Nsiah GHS Director, Osei Prempeh GOIL CEO|url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/politics/politics/201702/306890.php|access-date=2020-12-26|website=Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news|archive-date=2019-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815170923/https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/politics/politics/201702/306890.php|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Otchere |first=Gertrude Owireduwaah |date=2020-08-24 |title=MASLOC CEO weeps uncontrollably on live TV [Watch] |url=https://www.adomonline.com/masloc-ceo-weeps-uncontrollably-on-live-tv-watch/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Adomonline.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825231909/https://www.adomonline.com/masloc-ceo-weeps-uncontrollably-on-live-tv-watch/ |url-status=live }} He is the CEO of Zintex Portfolio Services Limited. He is a finance and investment consultant.{{Cite web |last=GTonline |date=2022-06-15 |title=Institute policies to address country's reliance on imports – Dr Amoah |url=https://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/institute-policies-to-address-countrys-reliance-on-imports-dr-amoah/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Ghanaian Times |language=en-US}}
= Football team =
In August 2022, Amoah established the Kumasi FC which is a football club in Kumasi specifically Nhyiaeso. It is a football academy with training center, gymnasium, medical center and other facilities.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-15 |title=Kumasi FC was formed to develop the football talents of Nhyiaso youth – Stephen Amoah - MyJoyOnline.com |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/kumasi-fc-was-formed-to-develop-the-football-talents-of-nhyiaso-youth-stephen-amoah/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825231908/https://www.myjoyonline.com/kumasi-fc-was-formed-to-develop-the-football-talents-of-nhyiaso-youth-stephen-amoah/ |url-status=live }}
Politics
Amoah stood for the NPP primaries in ahead of the 2020 elections. In June 2020 he won the primaries for the Nhyiaeso Constituency after defeating incumbent member of parliament Kennedy Kwasi Kankam who had unseated Richard Winfred Anane in 2016 NPP primaries.
He won by garnering 332 votes while the incumbent had 315 votes out of the 647 total vote cast.{{Cite web|last=Abedu-Kennedy|first=Dorcas|date=2020-06-20|title=NPP Primaries: MASLOC boss Stephen Amoah unseats incumbent MP at Nhyiaeso|url=https://www.adomonline.com/npp-primaries-masloc-boss-stephen-amoah-unseats-incumbent-mp-at-nhyiaeso/|access-date=2020-12-26|website=Adomonline.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714125615/https://www.adomonline.com/npp-primaries-masloc-boss-stephen-amoah-unseats-incumbent-mp-at-nhyiaeso/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2020-06-21|title=NPP Decides: MASLOC CEO unseats Nhyiaeso MP|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/NPP-Decides-MASLOC-CEO-unseats-Nhyiaeso-MP-985840|access-date=2020-12-26|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626114159/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/NPP-Decides-MASLOC-CEO-unseats-Nhyiaeso-MP-985840|url-status=live}}
Amoah was elected member of parliament for Nhyaieso in the 2020 December parliamentary elections. He won the seat after getting 51,531 votes representing 81.71% against his closest contender Richard Kwamina Prah of the National Democratic Congress who had 11,033 votes representing 17.49%.
In 2024 after the death of John Kumah who was the deputy finance minister, Amoah was appointed by the president Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo as the new deputy finance minister effective from April 2, 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-02 |title=Stephen Amoah replaces John Kumah as Deputy Finance Minister - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/stephen-amoah-replaces-john-kumah-as-deputy-finance-minister/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409193322/https://www.myjoyonline.com/stephen-amoah-replaces-john-kumah-as-deputy-finance-minister/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Mensah-Ayettey |first=Eric |date=2024-04-02 |title=Stephen Amoah replaces late John Kumah as Deputy Finance Minister {{!}} 3News |url=https://3news.com/news/politics/stephen-amoah-replaces-late-john-kumah-as-deputy-finance-minister/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=3news.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411043953/https://3news.com/news/politics/stephen-amoah-replaces-late-john-kumah-as-deputy-finance-minister/ |url-status=live }} He won the Nhyiaeso Constituency. parliamentary seat for the 2nd term in the 2024 Ghana general elections.{{Cite web |title=Nhyiaeso Constituency Parliament Results - Ghana 2024 Election Results |url=https://peacefmonline.com/elections/2024/parliament/ashanti/nhyiaeso |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=peacefmonline.com |language=en}}
= Committees =
Amoah is a member of the Finance Committee{{Cite web |date=2022-03-19 |title=Calls for dissolution of Economic Management Team baseless – Stephen Amoah |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2022/03/calls-for-dissolution-of-economic-management-team-baseless-stephen-amoah/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825231909/https://citinewsroom.com/2022/03/calls-for-dissolution-of-economic-management-team-baseless-stephen-amoah/ |url-status=live }} and also a member of the Privileges Committee.
Personal life
Philanthropy
In April 2022, Amoah presented printers, computers and over thousand desks to schools in the Nhyiaeso Constituency.{{Cite web |author=News Desk |title=No Place For Weed Smokers In My Constituency, Nhyiaeso - Stephen Amoah {{!}} News Ghana |url=https://newsghana.com.gh/no-place-for-weed-smokers-in-my-constituency-nhyiaeso-stephen-amoah/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=newsghana.com.gh |date=April 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825231908/https://newsghana.com.gh/no-place-for-weed-smokers-in-my-constituency-nhyiaeso-stephen-amoah/ |url-status=live }}
Controversy
In December 2021, the La Magistrate Court issued a bench warrants for the arrest of Amoah and Samuel Anim for their refusal to appear before court for road traffic offenses.{{Cite web |last=Starrfm.com.gh |date=2021-12-08 |title=Police secures bench warrant for Stephen Amoah's arrest — Starr Fm |url=https://starrfm.com.gh/2021/12/police-secures-bench-warrant-for-stephen-amoahs-arrest/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825231908/https://starrfm.com.gh/2021/12/police-secures-bench-warrant-for-stephen-amoahs-arrest/ |url-status=live }} He later appeared before the court after presenting himself to the GPS.{{Cite news |last=emmakd |date=2021-12-10 |title=MP for Nhyieaso appears in court for violating road traffic regulations - Ghana Business News |language=en-US |work=Ghana Business News |url=https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2021/12/10/mp-for-nhyieaso-appears-in-court-for-violating-road-traffic-regulations/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825231908/https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2021/12/10/mp-for-nhyieaso-appears-in-court-for-violating-road-traffic-regulations/ |url-status=live }}
In November 2024, it was alleged that he pulled a gun during a rally due to some of the supporters showing off toy guns{{Cite web |title=Why Nhyiaeso MP pulled a gun at NPP campaign rally - Constituency executive explains |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Why-Nhyiaeso-MP-pulled-a-gun-at-NPP-campaign-rally-Constituency-executive-explains-1961499 }}