John Kumah

He was called to the Ghana Bar as a solicitor and legal practitioner for the Supreme Court of Ghana in 2013.^[10] He was a founding member and Managing Partner of Aduaprokye Chambers; a Law Firm located at Adabraka. He also worked as the founder of Majak Associates Ltd, a building and construction company, until his appointment as the CEO of NEIP in 2017.^[10][11] John Ampontuah Kumah had over fifteen^[12] years of experience in leadership, creativity, innovation and resourcefulness in creating jobs, and supporting youth development.^[13]

He has been a member member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) since 1992, and has worked in its communication department.^[12]

In 2020, John Kumah contested and won the Parliamentary seat for the Ejisu constituency on the ticket of the NPP.^[7][14] In parliament, he was the Vice Chairperson of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee and also a member of the Appointments and Subsidiary Legislation committees.^[12][15]

At the time of his death, he held the position of Deputy Finance Minister, an appointment he received in 2021.^[12][16][17]

On May 17, 2023, he was part of the team that secured the IMF Executive Board's US$3 billion loan to cushion the economic woes the country was facing during that period.^[18]

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John Kumah was adjudged the most efficient, prominent appointee for 2018^[19] and was also listed among President Akufo Addo's top 20 Most Humble and respectful Appointees In 2019.^[20]

He was honoured for having the Most Outstanding Integrity as a CEO on 2 June 2020 by the Africa Centre for Integrity and Development (ACID), an Africa-based anti-corruption and Good Governance advocacy Civil Society Organization.^[21]

Kumah on Friday, August 23, 2019 received yet another award as the most outstanding CEO and Influential Transformational Leader from GEHAB Events.^[22]

The All African Student Union (AASU) honoured the former Chief Executive of National Entrepreneurship and Innovative Plan-NEIP at its 6th summit in Ghana for his extraordinary zeal of promoting students' activism and entrepreneurship.^[23]

John Kumah married Apostle Lilian Kumah, the Founder and Senior Pastor of Disciple of Christ Ministries Worldwide, in 2007.^[24] They had six children.^[24]

In August 2022, John Kumah made payments for five different sets of prostheses for some victims of road accidents. They were Peter Mensah and Moses Addai.^[25]

In March 2024, he donated GH₵120,000 (roughly US$9,400 at the time) towards repairing the boys' dormitory at Ejisu Senior High Technical School.^[26][27]

John Kumah died after battling Multiple Myeloma for a short time in Ghana, on 7 March 2024, at the age of 45.^[28][29][30] Kumah's burial took place on May 18, 2024, in Onwe, his hometown, which was also the location where his one-week observation ceremony was held.^[31][32]