Hon. Afieye Ashong | |
---|---|
Member of Parliament for Kpone Katamanso Constituency | |
In office 7 January 1996 –6 January 2001 | |
Member of Parliament for Kpone-Katamanso Constituency | |
In office 7 January 2001 –6 January 2005 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | National Democratic Congress |
Profession | Politician |
Beatrice Love Naa-Afieye Ashong is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 3rd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. [1] [2] She is also a founder of a non-governmental organization,'Gods Love Society' and a former Member of Parliament for the kpone Katamanso constituency of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. [3]
Ashong is from Kpone Katamanso in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. [4]
Ashong was a member of the 2nd and 3rd Parliaments of the 4th Republic of Ghana. [5] Her political career began in 1996 when she contested as a parliamentary candidate in the 1996 Ghanaian general election as a representative for the Kpone Katamanso constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. [6] [7] She won her first seat with a total of 7,901 votes,being 59.50% of the total valid votes cast. [8] She contested again in the 2000 Ghanaian general election and maintained her seat with 5,420 votes,51.35% of the total votes cast. [9] [10] Her political career ended when she made a declaration not to contest in any elections again during her last term in office in January 2004. [4] [11]
During the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections,Ashong won over her opponents with 7,901 votes casts representing 59.50% of the total votes cast to represent Kpone Katamansonas in the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [12] [13] Her opponents include George T. Noye of the New Patriotic Party who polled 2,609 votes which represent 19.60% of the total votes cast,Emmanuel Kweku Sagoe of the National Convention Party also polled 562 representing 4.20% of the total votes cast and Theophilus Tei Okunor of the People's National Convention who also polled 138 votes representing 1.00% of the total votes cast. [14]
Ashong was again elected as member of parliament for the Kpone Katamanso constituency in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. [15] She was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. [15] Her constituency was a part of the 6 parliamentary seats out of 22 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Brong Ahafo Region. [16] [17] [18] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. [16] She was elected with 5420 votes out of 10,554 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 52.2% of the total valid votes cast. [19] She was elected over Emmanuel Amprong Agbozo of the New Patriotic Party,Godfried Allan Lomotey of the Convention People's Party,Theophilus Tei Okunor of the People's National Convention and Isaac Newtown A. Tetteh of the National Reform Party. [19] These obtained 3,066,1,297,418 and 177votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 29.5%,12.5%,4.0% and 1.7% respectively of total valid votes cast. [19] [20]
Abraham Ossei Aidooh is a Ghanaian politician from the New Patriotic Party. As of 2008,he is the Majority Leader in the Parliament of Ghana;previously he was Deputy Majority Leader. He is also a member of the Pan-African Parliament. He also is rapporteur of the Committee on Rules,Privileges and Discipline,one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament.
Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye born 30 July 1937 is a Ghanaian politician who represented the constituency of Ayawaso Central in the Parliament of Ghana from 1996 to 2011. He has also served as Regional Minister of the Greater Accra Region under Kufuor's government from 2001 to 2009.
Alfred Kwame Agbesi is a lawyer and politician in Ghana. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He was the former Member of Parliament for Ashaiman and a former Deputy majority leader of Parliament of Ghana under John Dramani Mahama administration.
Josephine Hilda Addoh is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the New Patriotic Party. She was the Member of Parliament for the Kwadaso Constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.
Elizabeth Agyemang is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the Parliament of Ghana. She represented Oforikrom in the Ashanti region of Ghana. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Deputy Minister of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Kofi Frimpong is a businessman and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Kwabre East constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th,5th and 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
Ernest Kofi Yakah is a Ghanaian politician and member of the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana representing New Edubiase Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Mustapha Ahmed is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ayawaso North Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia is a Ghanaian female politician and former member of the parliament for Builsa North Constituency.
Gifty Ohene-Konadu is a civil servant and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. She was the Member of Parliament representing Asante-Akim South constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th and 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party. Currently,she holds the position of National Coordinator of the Monitoring and Evaluation Secretariat at the Office of the President.
Felix Twumasi-Appiah is a Ghanaian politician and also a manager and an administrator.
Yaw Ntow Ababio is a Ghanaian politician. He was a member of parliament for Dormaa East constituency in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana.
Grace Coleman was a Ghanaian politician and a member of Parliament for the Effiduase Asokore Constituency representing the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
Victor Okuley Nortey is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ablekuma Central parliamentary constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. He is a member of New Patriotic Party.
Abraham Laryea Odai is a Ghanaian politician who served as a member of parliament for the Krowor Constituency.
Amos Lawerh Buertey is a Ghanaian politician,legal practitioner and a member of the Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic representing the Ada Constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Samuel Nkrumah Gyimah is a Ghanaian politician and also a teacher. He served as a member of parliament for the Odotobri constituency in Ashanti region of Ghana in the 2nd and 3rd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
Emmanuel Kinsford Kwesi Teye is a Ghanaian politician and was the member of parliament for the Ashaiman constituency in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. He was a member of parliament in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.
Joseph Teye Tetteh is a Ghanaian politician and also a teacher. He served as a member of parliament for the Kpone-Katamanso constituency in the Greater Accra region of Ghana.
Joseph Akuerteh Tettey is a Ghanaian politician. He is a member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Kpone Katamanso Constituency in the Kpone Katamanso Municipal District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana