Kofi Dzamesi

Samuel Kofi Ahiave Dzamesi (born 1959) He lost to the National Democratic Congress candidate. However, when the New Patriotic Party won the 2004 general election, President John Agyekum Kufour appointed Dzamesi as the substantive regional minister for the Volta Region. In 2007, Dzamesi was selected as the NPP parliamentary candidate for Ketu North for the December 2008 parliamentary election.

In June 2008, an intruder broke into the residence of the regional minister with the aim of assassinating Dzamesi. The intruder was shot dead by police and house security. Dzamesi was out of town at the time of the incident.

Further political life In 2014, Dzamesi was elected a member of the national council of the New Patriotic Party. Prior to the 2016 general election, Dzamesi was appointed the chair of the New Patriotic Party's select committee on chieftaincy affairs. In 2017, he transitioned from this role to be appointed as Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs by President Akufo-Addo to replace Henry Seidu Daanaa.

Dzamesi was the parliamentary candidate on the NPP ticket in 2012, 2016 and 2020 for the Ketu North seat. In 2020, he commissioned a 3 units classroom block at Agordeke in the Ketu North Constituency and cut sod for the construction 20 seater WC toilet at Tadzewu. That year, he again lost the parliamentary contest. President Akufo-Addo did not re-appoint to government ministerial post, Dzamesi and all other government ministers who lost at the 2020 parliamentary elections in his second presidential term.

Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs On 7 January 2017, President Nana Akuffo-Addo nominated Dzamesi for the position of Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs. During his vetting he made known to the committee that he would set up a royal college in Ghana to educate chiefs and traditional rulers on the need to avoid partisan politics. Up to that point there was open campaigning and public endorsement of certain political parties during elections. His appointment was hailed by people of the Volta Region as it demonstrated the all-inclusive agenda of the New Patriotic Party, since traditionally, the people of the Volta Region vote for the National Democratic Congress.

Ministerial work Dzamesi has engaged feuding factions in various chieftaincy disputes in the country in an effort to find lasting solutions for peace. He has also set up a committee to strategise and promote yearly Christian pilgrimages from Ghana to Israel and other sites in the Christian world.