Hon. Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo MP | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Shai-Osudoku Constituency | |
Assumed office 7 January 2017 | |
Preceded by | David Tetteh Assumeng |
Majority | 13,596 [1] |
President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Personal details | |
Born | Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo 21 February 1979 Ghana |
Political party | National Democratic Congress |
Alma mater | University of Cape Coast;National Insurance College |
Occupation | Economist/banker/insurer |
Profession | Politician |
Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo ( born on 21st February 1979) at Anyaa- Abasa,is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Shai-Osudoku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. [2] [3]
In 2000,Ocloo obtained her Diploma in Banking from the Cambridge Academy in Accra and a Business Administration (BA) from the University of Cape Coast,Ghana. She holds a diploma in Insurance which she attained from the National Insurance College at Airport Accra in the year 2004. [4]
Ocloo is an economist,banker and an insurer by profession. [4] She served as a Client Service Consultant at Old Mutual Assurance,formerly Provident Life Insurance. [5]
Ocloo is a member of National Democratic Congress and represent Shai- Osudoku constituency in the Greater Accra Region in the Seventh and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [6]
Ocloo contested the Shai- Osudoku constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won with 20,114 votes representing 67.07% of the total votes. She was elected over Stephen Nene Oyortey of the New Patriotic Party who polled 6,518 votes which is equivalent to 21.73%,parliamentary candidate for the PPP Emmanuel Martey Tetteh had 3,203 votes representing 10.68% and the parliamentary candidate for the Convention People's Party had 154 votes representing 0.51% of the total votes. [7]
Ocloo was re- elected as a member of parliament for Shai- Osudoku constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2020 Ghanaian general election. She was elected with 32,516 votes representing 67.2% over the parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party Benjamin Nargeh,who had 15,900 votes representing 32.8% of the total votes. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Ocloo is widowed and has five children. Her husband,Desmond William Ocloo,was the original NDC parliamentary candidate for the Shai-Osudoku constituency but died prior to the election following a road traffic collision in May 2016. The party then chose her to stand in place of her husband and she won with a majority of 13,596 votes. [12] [1] She is a Christian ( Mission of God Church,Dodowa) [4] [13]
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In the year 2022,madam Linda was honoured the Award for Outstanding female MP in Ghana by West Africa Young Leaders Awards (WAYLA) for her exceptional effective service. [15]
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