Hon. Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo MP | |
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Regional Minister for Greater Accra Region | |
Assumed office February 2025 | |
President | John Mahama |
Preceded by | Henry Quartey |
Majority | 13,596 [1] |
Member of Parliament for Shai-Osudoku | |
Assumed office 7 January 2017 | |
President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Preceded by | David Tetteh Assumeng |
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 21 February 1979 at Ayinaa Abasa,is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh,eighth and ninth 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]
She is also the Greater Accra Regional minister. [4]
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 from the National Insurance College at Airport Accra,which she achieved in 2004. [5] She also has an Honoring Doctorate Degree from Elohim Theological College &Seminary in 2024 as well as an MA in Banking and Finance from the Methodist University of Ghana in 2025 [6]
Ocloo is an economist,banker and an insurer by profession. [5] She served as a Client Service Consultant at Old Mutual Assurance,formerly Provident Life Insurance. [7]
Ocloo is a member of the National Democratic Congress representing Shai-Osudoku constituency in the Greater Accra Region in the Seventh and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [8]
Ocloo contested the Shai-Osudoku constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the 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,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. [9]
Ocloo was re-elected as a member of parliament for Shai-Osudoku 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. [10] [11] [12] [13]
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. [14] [1] She is a Christian (Mission of God Church,Dodowa) [5] [15]
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In 2022,Ocloo was given the Award for Outstanding Female MP in Ghana by West Africa Young Leaders Awards (WAYLA) for her exceptional effective service. [17]