Nana Kwame Nyanteh
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nana Kwame Larbi Nyanteh (June 26, 1937 – April 21, 2015) was a Ghanaian politician, an agronomist and Clan Chief who served as an Assembly Man for the Betom Electoral Area from 2003 to 2006.[citation needed] Prior to his election he stood as the parliamentary candidate for the New Juaben constituency on the ticket of the Convention Peoples' Party during the 1993 General Election.[1] Nana Kwame joined the New Patriotic Party in the year 1994.
He was raised in Koforidua Betom where he had his primary and middle school education. Although he was an excellent student, his father, Joseph Nyanteh, a carpenter, found it difficult to further his education. Kwame Nyanteh graduated with first class honours degree in agriculture (BSc. Agriculture) in June 1968 from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, after having completed a diploma in tropical agriculture in December 1963 from the same university. He went on to pursue a Master of Science in Entomology (1977) in University of Ghana, Legon.