Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Naana Eyiah Quansah | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Constituency Mp: | Gomoa Central Constituency |
Parliament: | Ghana |
Term Start: | 7 January 2016 |
Successor: | Incumbent |
Office2: | Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources |
Term Start2: | February 2017 |
Term End2: | January 2021 |
President2: | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Office3: | Deputy Minister for Interior |
Term Start3: | 2021 |
President3: | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1963 |
Birth Place: | Gomoa Lome, Ghana) |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | New Patriotic Party |
Children: | 1 |
Alma Mater: | Macquarie Graduate School of Management |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Chief Executive Officer |
Committees: | Government Assurance Committee; Health Committee |
Naana Eyiah Quansah is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the New Patriotic Party. She is currently the member of parliament for Gomoa Central Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana.[1] [2] [3] She is currently the Deputy Minister for Interior.[4] [5] [6]
Quansah was born on 14 February 1963 and hails from Gomoa Lome in the Central Region of Ghana. She had a diploma in Project Management in 2017.[7]
Quansah was the chief executive officer for Naaba Company Limited.[8]
Quansah is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[9] [10] She was the former Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources.[11] [12]
In the 2016 Ghanaian general elections, she won the Gomoa Central Constituency parliamentary seat with 14,178 votes making 51.6% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Rachel Florence Appoh had 12,858 votes making 46.8% of the total votes cast, the CPP parliamentary candidate Emmanuel Appoh Mensah had 280 votes making 1.0% of the total votes cast and the PPP parliamentary candidate Grace Ignophia Appiah had 174 votes making 0.6% of the total votes cast.[13]
In the 2020 Ghanaian general elections, she again won the Gomoa Central Constituency parliamentary seat with 20,527 votes making 56.81% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Jonamoah Moses Jehu-Appiah had 14,568 votes making 42.32% of the total votes cast, the GUM parliamentary candidate Hannah Chrissam had 561 votes making 1.6% of the total votes cast and the NDP parliamentary candidate Frank Otchere Painstil had 476 votes making 1.3% of the total votes cast.[14]
Quansah is a member of the Government Assurance Committee and also a member of the Health Committee.
Quansah identifies as a Christian who is married with one child.[15]
In May 2019, she gave clothing materials, food items and drinks to over 300 women in her constituency.[16]
In February 2020, she donated health and office equipment to health facilities in the Gomoa Central Constituency.[17]
In April 2022, she donated some school materials to about 120 graduates in her constituency who had admissions to senior high schools.[18] [19]