Rebecca Akweley Adotey

Hon. Rebecca Akweley Adotey
Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West-Wuogon Constituency
In office 7 January 1996 –6 January 2001
Personal details
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Occupation	Executive secretary
Profession	Politician

Rebecca Akweley Adotey is a Ghanaian politician. She was an executive secretary for the National Council for Women and Development and a member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life and education

Akweley Adotey holds a Bachelor of Arts in English. She was an educationist (assistant director) and an executive secretary for the National Council for Women and Development. ^{[3] [4]}

Politics

As a politician, Akweley Adotey stood for the position of a member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon Constituency in the year 1996. She contested and won in the 1996 Ghanaian general elections, ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress with a total valid votes of 15,089, representing 35.10%. This was against her opponents; George Isaac Amoo of the New Patriotic Party, who polled 14,795 votes, which represented 34.40% of the total valid votes; Andrews La-Anyane of the People's National Convention, who polled 1,127 votes, representing 2.60% of the total valid votes; Joyce Abla Tamaklo, an independent candidate, polled 855 votes, representing 2.00% of the total valid votes; and Jane Chinebuah of the Convention People's Party polled 852, which represented 2.00% of the total valid votes cast. ^{[9] [10]}

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9. FM, Peace. "Parliament – Greater Accra Region Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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