2016 Decemeber polls couldn’t have been better without having resilients and affable women in politics, gracing our next parliament in 2017. Making tremendous effort of coming this far to show they are equally up to the task to compete in this male dominated arena (Politics), though many tried and fell along the way.

Below is a list of women to represent their constituency in Parliament on the ticket of  New Patriotic Party.

Ashanti Region

1. Patricia Appiagyei – Asokwa
2. Joyce Adwoa Akoh Dei – Bosome Freho
3. Ama Pomaa Boateng Andoh – Juaben
4. Francesca Oteng Mensah – Kwabre East
5. Mavis Nkansah-Boadu – Afigya Sekyere East

Brong Ahafo Region

6. Freda Prempeh – Tano North

Central Region

7. Barbara Asher Ayisi – Cape Coast North
8. Mavis Hawa Koomson – Awutu Senya East
9. Cynthia Morrison – Agona West
10. Abena Durowaa Mensah – Assin North
11. Naana Eyiah Quansah – Gomoa Central

Eastern Region

12. Gifty Twum-Ampofo – Abuakwa North
13. Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei – Akuapem North
14. Mercy Adu-Gyamfi (Ama Sey) – Akwatia
15. Abena Osei Asare – Atiwa East

Greater Accra Region

16. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway – Anyaa Sowutuom
17. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful – Ablekuma West
18.Sarah Adwoa Safo – Dome Kwabenya
19. Nana Akua Owusu-Afriyie – Ablekuma North
20. Elizabeth Afoley Quaye – Krowor
21. Tina Naa Ayeley Gifty Mensah – Weija Gbawe

Northern Region

22. Hajia Alima Mahama – Nalerigu Gambaga

Western Region

23. Catherine Abelema Afeku – Evalue Ajomorro Gwira
24. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi – Prestea Huni Valley

Out of the 29 women Parliamentary Candidates that contested on the ticket of NPP, only 5 couldn’t make it to parliament, where the remaining 24 MP elect will be sworn-in on the 7th of January, 2017, as constitution demands.

 

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