News reaching MyNewsGh.com indicates that a former Deputy Chairman in Charge of Finance and Administration at the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr David Adeenze Kangah has died.
Reports available to this portal reveal he died on Friday, October 3, 2025 after a short illness. His immediate family has confirmed the news of his passing, but indicated that the details of his funeral will be announced later in accordance with the customs and traditions of the Builsa Traditional Area.
Mr. David Adeenze Kangah was born on 29th April 1947 in Sandema. He attended Sandema Old Primary and Middle Boarding Schools before proceeding to Tamale Secondary School, where he did his General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level and Advanced Level School Certificate. He obtained his first degree, Bachelor of Science Honours in Physics and Mathematics, at Cape Coast University, Ghana in 1972. He holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution from Antioch University (McGregor School) Ohio, USA.  Â
Between 1988 and 1993, he was a member of the National Commission for Democracy (NCD) and the Interim National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well.
 In 1993, Mr. Adeenze Kangah was appointed Deputy Chairman of Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC), a post he held until his retirement in 2012. The period witnessed Ghana’s return to civilian rule after 19 years of military rule under Rawlings, so the enormity of the task as one of the two chairmen of the Electoral Commission was mountain-high! The position was a full-time management job which involved the formulation of policies for the Electoral Commission. As the deputy chairman in charge of finance and administration, he was responsible for the human resource and financial management of the Commission. He consulted with other management team leaders, especially, to establish internal ‘democratic practice’. His area of work included ensuring that the operations of the Commission were in compliance with the law. Human resource management and development were under his purview, as well as supervising the designing, implementation and co-ordination of operational programs and monitoring of political party activities towards enhancing good governance in Ghana and the image of the Electoral Commission.
   As a key elections administrator, the deputy chairman’s functions also included advising on measures for the demarcation of electoral boundaries, reviewing of legal and institutional frameworks pertaining to electoral issues, representing the commission on strategic programmes aimed at improving and sustaining the image of the EC, logistics planning (financial implications), material procurement, general preparations for holding various public elections and post-election activities as well as election observation.
   Space would not allow all the international assignments Mr. Adeenze undertook as Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission to be listed fully. Some of these saw him functioning as a consultant, resource person, trainer, facilitator, ECOWAS representative and Commonwealth observer in many countries: Nigeria, Liberia, The Gambia, Jamaica, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Congo Democratic Republic, Cameroon, Spain, Britain and the United States of America among others.
He received the following professional and honorary awards for outstanding achievement:
British Council Graduate Award (1975), a graduate award for outstanding science teachers who undertook a study tour of institutions in Britain (England and Scotland); under the supervision of the University of London.
Ghana Association of Teachers award (1993)
Annual award to Teachers (and Headmasters) for distinguished service
Proclamation by the Mayor of Newton City (Iowa State, USA) (1991)
A resolution which recognized and honored him as a distinguished citizen of Newton City (IOWA) USA.
