Gifty Ohene-Konadu

Gifty Ohene-Konadu (born 12 July 1970) [1] is a farmer [1] and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. She was the Member of Parliament representing Asante-Akim South constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana [2][3][4][5][6]in the 4th and 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[7][8][9][10]

Hon. Gifty Ohene-Konadu
Member of Parliament for Asante-Akim South Constituency
In office 7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
President	John Atta Mills John Mahama
Succeeded by	Kwaku Asnate-Boateng
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
In office 7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
President	John Kufuor
Preceded by	Alex Kwaku Korankye
Personal details
Born	(1970-07-12) 12 July 1970
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	New Patriotic Party
Children	Two
Alma mater	GIMPA, UG
Profession	Farmer

Early life and education

Gifty was born on 12 July 1970.[1] She hails from Asamankese, a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[1] She is a product of the GIMPA.[1] She obtained a certificate in Administration Management from the institution.[1] She acquired the certificate in 2008.[1] She is also a product of the University of Ghana.[11] She holds a degree in Sociology from the university.[11] She also holds a diploma in Home Economics from the same university.[11] She obtained a masters degree in Development studies in Public policy and Administration from the Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands.[11] She acquired a masters degree in Gender Peace and Security from Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Centre in Accra Ghana.[11]

Career

Gifty is an industrialist and a farmer.[1] She was the CEO of Sunharvest Company Limited in Pokuase in the Greater Accra region in Ghana.[1]

Political Career

Gifty is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[1] She became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004.[8][9] She run for a second term and won in 2008 General Elections.[10][9] She was the MP for Asante-Akim South constituency.[1][8][10][9] She was elected as the member of parliament for this constituency in the fourth and fifth parliaments of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[8][10][9][12] She was the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[11]

Elections

Gifty was elected as the member of parliament for the Asante-Akim South constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[8][13] She won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[8][13] Her constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[14] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[15] She was elected with 24,085 votes out of 40,384 total valid votes cast equivalent to 59.6% of total valid votes cast.[8][13] She was elected over Forkuo De-Graft of the National Democratic Congress, George Agyepong of the Convention People’s Party and Andrews Frimpong an independent candidate.[8][13] These obtained 30.6%, 1.2% and 8.5% respectively of total valid votes cast.[13][8]

In 2008, she won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[10][9] Her constituency was part of the 34 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[16] The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[17] She was elected with 23,838 votes out of 38,744 total valid votes cast equivalent to 61.53% of total valid votes cast.[10][9] She was elected over De-Graft Forkuo of the National Democratic Congress and Quao Ebenezer of the Convention People’s Party.[9][10] These obtained 36.73% and 2.74% respectively of the total votes cast.[9][10]

Personal life

Gifty is Christian.[1] She fellowships with the Salvation Gate Chapel.[1] She is married with two children.[1]

See also

• List of MPs elected in the 2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election
• List of MPs elected in the 2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election

References

1. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Ohene-Konadu, Gifty (Mrs)". web.archive.org. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
2. "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Ohene-Konadu, Gifty (Mrs)". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
3. "Asante-Akim South CPP parliamentary candidate endorses Nana Akufo-Addo". www.ghanaweb.com. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
4. "Secretariat | One District". Retrieved 3 July 2020.
5. Online, Peace FM. "NPP Already Has Feasibility Study For 'One-district One-factory' Project – Gifty Ohene Konadu". Peacefmonline.com – Ghana news. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
6. "Asante-Akim South NPP retain Gifty Ohene Konadu". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
7. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
8. Elections 2004; Ghana’s Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 119.
9. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Asante Akim South Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
10. Ghana Elections 2008. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2010. p. 59.
11. "Secretariat | One District". Retrieved 2 August 2020.
12. Elections 2004; Ghana’s Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 119.
13. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Asante Akim South Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
14. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
15. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - President". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
16. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Ashanti Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
17. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.