Also known as: Mr Darko-Mensah
Member of Parliament for Takoradi who has launched free driving programmes and distributed school supplies to constituents; also former Western Regional Minister who testified in illegal mining litigation.
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Daily Guide
… Former Western Regional Minister and Chairman of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC), Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, also “categorically and unequivocally” rejected the assertion that Chairman Wontumi and Akonta Mining Company Limited were engaged in or facilitating illegal mini …
Samreboi Mining Case: Wontumi Faces Judgment July 3Joy Online
… The trial has featured testimony from prosecution and defence witnesses, including former Western Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, who appeared as the fourth defence witness. …
Wontumi trial: Court sets July 3 for judgmentJoy Online
… The witness, former Western Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, came under questioning over his knowledge of the events surrounding the assignment of a mining concession at the centre of the criminal trial. …
Wontumi Trial: Former Western Regional Minister admits he did not witness key Samreboi dealMember of Parliament Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah has opened a free driving school training programme offering driving lessons, road safety education, and licences to constituents. Over 1,700 participants registered at the launch, which was presented as a campaign promise fulfilled.
23 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
Member of Parliament Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah has opened a free driving school training programme offering driving lessons, road safety education, and licences to constituents. Over 1,700 participants registered at the launch, which was presented as a campaign promise fulfilled.
23 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
Sophia Horner-Sam, former National Vice Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party and Ghana's Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, has died. The announcement was made by the Takoradi Member of Parliament on Monday.
22 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, MP for Takoradi, has urged Ghana and Nigeria to unite through shared trade and culture, arguing that the borders between them were artificially drawn by European powers and that regional unity represents a restoration rather than a new arrangement.
7 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
The Member of Parliament for Takoradi, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has distributed free school trunks and mattresses to Junior High School graduates in the constituency preparing for Senior High School, alongside exercise books to basic school children, through his Community Education Fund established in 2009.
25 August 2026 · Daily Guide →
A High Court judgment in The Republic v. Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), Kwame Antwi, and Akonta Mining Company Limited addresses regulatory and criminal frameworks governing mineral exploitation, with implications for corporate governance, statutory compliance, and the fight against galamsey.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Accra High Court has convicted Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, on all six charges under the Minerals and Mining Act in connection with illegal mining activities on the Samreboi concession in the Western Region. The charges allege that Wontumi and his company Akonta Mining Limited permitted mining operations without ministerial approval and facilitated unlicensed mining in 2024.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Accra High Court has convicted NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako on all six charges of illegal mining on the Samreboi concession in the Western Region, including unlawful assignment of mineral rights and facilitating unlicensed mining operations contrary to the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Parliament has ratified bilateral air services agreements between Ghana and six countries — Benin, Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, Guyana, Luxembourg, and Qatar — signed between 2018 and 2023, to strengthen international air connectivity and enable direct flight connections for passengers and cargo services.
1 July 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece proposes reforms to Ghana's mining sector, including decentralizing mining licenses to district level with chiefs' involvement, introducing a mobile licensing regime to formalize more miners, and redistributing mining revenue with 18% for mining communities and 70% for national development.
26 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, MP for Takoradi, has proposed restructuring Ghana's mining sector through decentralisation of mining licences to district level, increased community participation, and a new revenue-sharing formula allocating 18 per cent to mining communities, two per cent to district administrations, five per cent for environmental restoration and reclamation, five per cent for royalties, and 70 per cent to other purposes.
26 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A High Court in Accra has scheduled July 3, 2026 to deliver judgment in the trial of NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi), who is accused of facilitating unlicensed mining on his Akonta Mining Company Limited's Samreboi concession without ministerial approval. He and his company face charges of assignment of mineral rights without approval and purposely facilitating an unlicensed mining operation under the Minerals and Mining Act.
4 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
The High Court has fixed July 3 to deliver judgment in the illegal mining case involving Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako and two others, following the closure of the defence case on June 3 after its fifth and final witness.
3 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Western Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, a defence witness in the Samreboi illegal mining case involving Chairman Wontumi and two others, admitted during cross-examination that he had no personal knowledge of discussions between Chairman Wontumi and prosecution witness Henry Okum regarding the assignment of the mining concession at the centre of the criminal trial.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →