Austin Akufo Gamey

Austin Akufo Gamey (born 26 October 1949) is a Ghanaian politician and labor dispute resolution expert and consultant. He served for two terms as member of parliament for North Tongu constituency in the Volta region of Ghana, from 1992 to 2001. During the Jerry John Rawlings administration he was appointed deputy minister for employment and social welfare now ministry of employment and labor relations. He is a labor expert and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practitioner in Ghana.

Early life and education Gamey was born on 26 October 1949, in Volo, a community in the Salem hood of North Tongu a locality in the Volta region of Ghana. He was born to the late Emmanuel T.T. Avorvuttor and the late Madam Lucia Aya Avorvuttor who were a farmer and petty trader respectively. Austin Gamey was christened Augustine Akufo Gameduabao which was later shortened to Austin Akufo Gamey. Gamey was fondly called Akufo growing up in his community. He is the fifth child of his parents.

From 1997 to 1999 he studied labor management at the Japan Institute of Labor in Japan. served for two terms under the Rawlings government. His term ended on 6 January 2001, He was succeeded by Joe Gidisu.

He was appointed deputy minister of employment and social welfare now Ministry of employment and labor relations from 1995 to 2001. He was chairman for the parliamentary committee on conditions of service for members of parliament from 1993 to1996. Between 1997 and 1999, he was chairman of the committee that drafted the Codified Labor Bill for Ghana. He affirmed: “Section 31 of our law clearly states that you cannot even connive with anybody to forego your leave because the intent here is to even enable people rest before they return to work. There is no excuse whatsoever under our labor practice that somebody can accumulate leave. So with the case of the Auditor General, the reality is that the leave has been forfeited”.