Hon. Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah (born 3 November 1967) is a Ghanaian politician and the Member of Parliament for Ada constituency. She served as the Minister of State in charge of Social and Allied Institutions. She was,as of 2023[update],the Deputy Government Chief Whip in the Parliament of Ghana.[1]
Cudjoe-Ghansah was born in Big Ada,Greater Accra Region on 3 November 1967.[2] Comfort earned her diploma in stenographership from Royal Academy of Accounting,Accra in 1983. She earned a certificate in radio and television presentation from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2011.[3]
Political life
Cudjoe-Ghansah is the Member of Parliament for Ada constituency,and sits on the committees for gender and children,and on foreign affairs.[2] She was the Minister of State for the Ghanaian government on Social and Allied Institutions,[4] having been named to the role in January 2013 by President of GhanaJohn Dramani Mahama.[5] She denied accusations in 2014 that she had bribed assembly members to reject a District Chief Executive nominated by the President. Her name was cleared at an emergency meeting in the region.[6]
She met with the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana later that year to discuss joint working on health and the well-being of children.[7]
In 2016,she presented computers on behalf of the government to the head of the Ghanaian civil service,[8] and over 500 desks to schools within her constituency. In a low key ceremony,she stressed the importance of education to Ghanaian citizens.[9]
Politics
Cudjoe-Ghansah contested and won the National Democratic Congress parliamentary seat for Ada Constituency in the Greater Accra Region. She won this seat during the 2016 Ghanaian general elections.[10] Three other candidates namely Kanor Saakey of the New Patriotic Party,Asupah Manasseh of National Democratic Party and Daniel Katey Ossah of Convention People's Party also contested in the 2016 by-election of Ada constituency held in 2016. Cudjoe-Ghansah won the election by obtaining 18,954 votes out of the 23,570 cast,representing 80.42 percent of total valid votes.[11] In 2020 Cudjoe-Ghansah retained her seat,with 27,591 votes,gaining 82.14% of the votes cast for the Ada seat in Parliament.
Cudjoe-Ghansah was the incumbent Member of Parliament for Big Ada and was retained during the 7 December 2024 elections.[12][needs update]
Personal life
Cudjoe-Ghansah is a Christian,married with six children.[3] She has spoken at events which have sought to bring religious cohesiveness to the area,praising the peace within Ghana.[13]
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