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Rita Naa Odoley Sowah (born 2 July 1968) is a Ghanaian politician. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). [1] [2] [3] She is the first female member of parliament for the La Dade Kotopon Constituency.
This is a list of women who have been elected as member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [1] [2] [3] [4] Within the 8th parliament, the ...
He has been an MP in all the parliaments except the third between 2001 and 2005 when he lost his seat in the 2000 Ghanaian general election. [11] Following the appointment of Cassiel Ato Forson, MP for Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam as Finance Minister, the role of Majority Leader in parliament was taken over by Mahama Ayariga, MP for Bawku Central.
Appiagyei was born on 28 November 1956 in Kumasi and hails from Konongo/Asawase-Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [6] [8] She had her secondary education at the St Louis Senior Secondary in Kumasi and proceeded to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where she studied BA Social Science Economics/Law in 1980.She further did her Post graduate diploma- Development Economics ...
Ibrahimah won the 2020 parliamentary elections for Salaga South Constituency to make history as the first female member of parliament for Savannah Region. [4] She won after polling 20,525 votes representing 49.5% against the incumbent member of parliament Salifu Adam Braimah of the New Patriotic Party who also doubled as the Savannah Regional ...
She was the first female MP of the NPP to be voted off a ticket. [3] She also served as Ghana's ambassador to Cuba, [5] becoming High Commissioner to Barbados afterwards. [6] On 13 June 2015, Amoah won the Asutifi South constituency New Patriotic Party parliamentary primaries to represent the party again in the Ghanaian general election in 2016.
She was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya in 2012. She was re-elected in the 2016 and 2020 elections. She was Deputy Majority Leader of the 7th Parliament of the Republic of Ghana and is the only female MP in Ghana to ascend to the number 2 position of the Majority front.
Ejisu - Following the death of John Kumah the incumbent MP, the Electoral Commission held a bye election in April 2024 that saw NPP's Kwabena Boateng clinch back the seat for his part with 55.8% of the total votes cast. His closest contender, a former MP for the constituency, Kwabena Aduomi secured 43.3% of the total votes cast. [28] [29] [30]