Hon. Helen Adjoa Ntoso MP | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Krachi West | |
Assumed office Jan 2009 | |
Regional Minister for the Volta Region | |
In office 2013–2017 | |
President | John Dramani Mahama |
Personal details | |
Born | Helen Adjoa Ntoso February 1958 (age 66) Ghana |
Political party | NDC |
Alma mater | Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre |
Cabinet | Minister |
Committees | Gender and Children Committee Defence and Interior Committee |
Helen Adjoa Ntoso (born February 1958) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Parliament of Ghana for the Krachi West constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana. [1] She is a member of the National Democratic Congress. [2] Hon Ntoso is A former Regional Minister for the Volta Region. [3]
Ntoso is from Kete Krachi in then Volta Region but now Oti Region. [2] She completed her post-secondary education at St Francis Training College. She has an Advanced Diploma in Education from Lambeth College in London. She also holds a Master of Arts in Conflict Peace and Security from Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. [2]
She was a Senior Child Care taker at Elizabeth Hamwod Nursery School from 2005 to 2007. She was a Missionary for Bright Church Army from 2003 to 2005. [2] She was also the Director of Operations at NADMO 2009 to 2012. [2]
She was a regional minister from 2013 to 2016 (Office of the President). She was the Volta Regional Minister in 2015. [4]
she is a Christian [5]
Helen Ntoso won an award for Regional Minister of the Year 2015,organized by West African International Magazine. [6]
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