19 Facts About Freddie Blay

Frederick Worsemao Armah Blay is a Ghanaian lawyer and a politician who served as a member of the Second, Third and Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, representing the Ellembelle Constituency in the Western Region.

Freddie Blay was National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party.

Freddie Blay attended Adisadel College, the University of Ghana and the Ghana School of Law.

Freddie Blay is Barrister at law and a member of the Ghana Bar Association.

Freddie Blay has been the Senior Partner at Blay and Associates since 1987.

Freddie Blay was appointed to the position of board chairman for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.

Freddie Blay is the board chairman and majority shareholder of Western Publications Limited, publishers of the Daily Guide newspaper, the flagship of the Group, Business Guide, News-One and Young Blazers.

Freddie Blay was a Member of Parliament in Ghana and served as the First Deputy Speaker in the Fourth Parliament of Ghana.

Freddie Blay lost his seat in the general elections held on 7 December 2008 to Armah Kofi Buah of the NDC.

Freddie Blay was a member of the Convention People's Party, but resigned to join the New Patriotic Party after being criticized by some CPP stalwarts for not campaigning for the CPP flagbearer Paa Kwesi Nduom, instead endorsing NPP presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo.

Freddie Blay stood for and was elected as substantive Chairman of the party at an NPP party national conference in Koforidua that took place from 7 to 8 July 2018.

Freddie Blay served in this position until he was succeeded by Stephen Ntim in 2022.

Freddie Blay stated that the buses were bought with a loan facility from the Universal Merchant Bank to be run by State Transport Company on the behalf of the NPP's constituencies.

Freddie Blay was elected as a member of parliament for the Ellembele constituency in the Western region of Ghana in 1996,2000, and 2004 Ghanaian general elections.

Freddie Blay thus represented the constituency in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th parliaments of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Freddie Blay stood on the ticket of the Convention Peoples' Party, who then had a political marriage with New patriotic Party, and as such did not field an NPP candidate in the Ellembele Constituency.

Freddie Blay was elected in 2004 with 18,428 votes out of 34,969 total valid votes cast.

Freddie Blay was elected over Shaibu Chie Issaka of the People's National Convention, Kaku Korsah of the National Democratic Congress and Kyiamah Kaku an independent candidate.

Freddie Blay was elected on the ticket of the Convention People's Party.