Della Sowah Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Della Sowah
Constituency Mp:Kpandu
Parliament:Ghana
President2:John Dramani Mahama
President3:John Atta Mills
John Mahama
Birth Date:23 November 1959
Birth Place:Kpandu, Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:National Democratic Congress
Alma Mater:Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Profession:Journalist, advertiser, marketer

Della Adjoa Sowah (born 23 November 1959) is a Ghanaian former Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection.[1] [2] She is also the Member of Parliament for Kpando constituency.[3]

Early life

Sowah was born in Kpandu, Volta Region of Ghana on 23 November 1959.

Education

Sowah earned her degree in Social Sciences from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 1981. She holds a Diploma in Finance and Master of business administration.[4]

Career

Politics

Sowah is a member of National Democratic Congress and a member of parliament for Kpando (Ghana parliament constituency) in 6th, 7th and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[7]

2016 election

Sowah contested the Kpando constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won with 17,318 votes, representing 82.38% of the total votes. She won the election over Djampoh Elvis Kweku of the New Patriotic Party who polled 3,058 votes which is equivalent to 14.55%, parliamentary candidate for the NDP Daniel Karl had 359 votes representing 1.71% and the parliamentary candidate for Convention People's Party Isaac Adjanya had 286 votes representing 1.36% of the total votes.[8]

2020 election

Sowah again contested the Kpando constituency parliamentary seat in the Volta Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2020 Ghanaian general election and won with 13,582 votes representing 62.29% over the parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party Quist Ernest Theophilus who polled 8,221 votes which is equivalent to 37.71% of the total votes.[9] [10] [11]

Committees

Sowah is a member of Mines and Energy committee, Standing Orders committee and Business committee.

Personal life

Sowah is a Christian.[12] She is married, and has three children.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Teenage Pregnancy Increases From 6 To 26% -Della Sowah - The Chronicle - Ghana News. 2016-03-15. en-US. 2016-09-09.
  2. News: Ghana: Teenage Pregnancy Increases From 6 to 26 Percent - Della Sowah. 15 March 2016. Ghanaian Chronicle. Accra. AllAfrica. 2020-08-03.
  3. Web site: Deputy Ministers - Government of Ghana . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924104720/http://ghana.gov.gh/index.php/governance/deputy-ministers . 24 September 2019 . 2016-09-09 . Government Of Ghana.
  4. Web site: Della Sowah 18th Microcredit Summit . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160916192114/http://18microcreditsummit.org/portfolio/della-sowah/ . 2016-09-16 . 2016-09-09 . 18microcreditsummit..
  5. Web site: Ghana MPs - MP Details - Sowah, Della . 2020-02-24 . GhanaMps..
  6. Web site: Hon. Della Adjoa Sowah . Parliament of Ghana . 3 August 2020 .
  7. Web site: Parliament of Ghana . 2023-10-16 . parliament of ghana.
  8. Web site: FM . Peace . Kpando Constituency Results - Election 2016 . 2023-10-16 . Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  9. Web site: Parliamentary Results for Kpando . 2023-10-16 . MobileGhanaWeb..
  10. Web site: Kpando – Election Data Center – The Ghana Report . 2023-10-16 . Election Data Centre . en-US.
  11. 2020-11-19 . MODELO PARA PREDIÇÃO DE RESULTADOS DE COLHEITAS COM BASE EM MODELOS OCULTOS DE MARKOV . IADIS Ibero American Conferences: WWW/Internet and Applied Computing 2020 . IADIS Press . 10.33965/ciawi_ciaca2020_202015l019. free .
  12. Web site: Members of Parliament Parliament of Ghana . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160914070253/http://www.parliament.gh/parliamentarians/305 . 14 September 2016 . 2016-09-09 . Parliament Of Ghana.