Oheneba Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei | |
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Member of the
Ghana Parliament for Akuapem North/ Akropong | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Preceded by | William Ofori Boafo |
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry | |
Assumed office March 2021 | |
President | Nana Akufo-Addo |
Deputy Minister of Information | |
In office 2017–2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Akropong, Eastern Region, Ghana | 24 July 1982
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater |
University of Ghana St Roses Senior High University of Exeter |
Committees | Defence and Interior Committee |
Oheneba Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei (born 24 July 1982) is a Ghanaian politician and the member of parliament for Akropong Constituency in the Eastern Region. [1] She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and is currently the Ghanaian deputy minister of Trade & Industry. She was formerly Deputy Minister of Information. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Adjei was born on 24 July 1982 to Nana Osae Nyampong IV and Mrs. Aforo Asiamah-Adjei in Akropong, Eastern Region. She had her basic and senior school education at Alsyd Academy and St Roses Senior High school respectively. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Ghana and a master's degree in Logistics and Supply Chain from the Exter University in United Kingdom [6] [7] [2] She further had her master's degree in Peace and Security at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC). [8]
Adjei was the managing director for Bekleen Limited from 2007 to 2016 and also Pongas Limited from 2007 to 2015. [9]
Adjei is a member of the New Patriotic Party. [10] She is currently the Member of Parliament for the Akropong Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. [1] [11]
In the 2016 Ghanaian general election, she won the Akropong/Akuapem North Constituency parliamentary seat with 26,655 votes making 62.3% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Yaw Appiah-Kubi had 6,949 votes making 16.8% of the total votes cast, an Independent parliamentary candidate Asiedu Ofei had 9,092 votes making 21.2% of the total votes cast and the CPP parliamentary candidate Gifty Mercy Anakwa had 102 votes making 0.2% of the total votes cast. [12]
In the 2020 Ghanaian general election, she again won the Akropong/Akuapem North Constituency parliamentary seat with 26,646 votes making 55.3% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Justice Kotey Amasah had 10,505 votes making 21.8% of the total votes cast, [13] an Independent parliamentary candidate Adjei Twumasi William Kwabena had 10,444 votes making 21.7% of the total votes cast, the PNC parliamentary candidate Desmond Twumasi Ntow had 421 votes making 0.9% of the total votes cast and the CPP parliamentary candidate Gifty Mercy Anakwa had 146 votes making 0.3% of the total votes cast. [14]
Adjei is a member of the Defence and Interior Committee. [1]
Adjei is married to Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Bissue and they have a son and two daughters. [8] [15] She identifies as a Christian. [7]
In November 2021, she presented computers and accessories to Mangoase Methodist School in the Akuapim North Constituency. [16]
In May 2022, Adjei donated an amount of GHc30,000 for the construction of the chief palace at Adawso. [17] In July 2022, she aided in the refurbishment of the Akropong Daakye Clinic. [18]
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