Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Queenster Maame Pokuah Sawyerr
Constituency Mp:Agona East Constituency
Term Start:2013
Term End:present
Office2:Deputy Central Regional Minister
Term Start2:2013
Term End2:2017
President2:John Dramani Mahama
Birth Date:1 July 1964
Birth Place:Agona Kwanyako, Central Region, Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:NDC
Alma Mater:Accra Polytechnic, Atlantic International University
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Businesswoman
Committees:Youth, Sports and Culture Committee; Public Accounts Committee; Education Committee

Queenstar Maame Pokua Sawyerr (born 1 July 1964) is a Ghanaian politician and the former deputy Central Regional Minister of Ghana.[1] [2] [3] She has been the member of parliament of the Agona East Constituency since 2013.[4]

Early life and education

Sawyerr was born on 1 July 1964 and hails from Agona Kwanyako in the Central Region of Ghana. She received her higher national diploma from Accra Polytechnic and received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and master's in Public Administration from Atlantic International University.[5] [6] Atlantic International University is an unaccredited distance learning institution that has been characterized as a degree mill,[7] and its degrees have been widely dismissed as "fake."[8]

Career

Sawyerr is a business woman. She was CEO of Queenstar Real Estates Company Limited before assuming her position as a member of parliament.

Politics

Sawyerr is the member of the National Democratic Congress. She is currently the Member of parliament for Agona East Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana.[9]

2020 elections

In the 2020 Ghanaian general elections, Sawyerr won the Agona East parliamentary seat with 23,247 votes making 50.6% of the total votes cast whilst the NPP parliamentary candidate Kwesi Yankah had 22,292 votes making 48.5% of the total votes cast and the LPG parliamentary candidate Samuel Aryeequaye had 204 votes making 0.4% of the total votes cast, the CPP parliamentary candidate Appiah Kubi Sharfiu had 139 votes making 0.3% of the total votes cast and an Independent parliamentary candidate Anthony Adjetey Adjei had 97 votes making 0.2% of the total votes cast.[10] [11] [12]

Committees

Sawyerr is a member of the Youth, Sports and Culture Committee; a member of the Public Accounts Committee; and also a member of the Education Committee.

Personal life

Sawyerr is married with four children. She is a Christian and worships as an Anglican.

Philanthropy

For over 10 years, Sawyerr developed the Maame Pokua Loan Scheme (MPLS) to distribute money and support women traders in her constituency.[13] The scheme is an interest free loan aimed to cushion women to expand their businesses.[14]

In 2014, she presented mathematical sets to over 1400 students in her constituency who wrote the BECE.[15]

In 2017, she also organized health screening for the widows and elderly at Gomoa Adzentum in the Gomoa East Constituency in the Central Region.[16]

In 2017, she presented food items to Muslims in Agona East Constituency during the month of Ramadan.[17]

In 2018, she also presented building materials and desks to about five schools in the Agona East Constituency.[18] [19] Also Hon. Saywerr presented 20 bags of cement and three packets of roofing sheets for the completion of a three-unit classroom block at the Agona Kwanyako SDA Primary School.[20]

Controversy

In October 2020, Sawyerr was banned from campaigning on the land of Agona by Nana Kojo Amuakwa V (the Chief of Agona Duakwa). She allegedly claimed to have paid the chief some amount of money for a project which the chief denied.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Regional Ministers in Ghana with Their Deputies. . 23 November 2013 . ModernGhana.
  2. Web site: List of Regional Ministers in Ghana with Their Deputies . 23 November 2013 . GhanaWeb.
  3. Web site: Regional Ministers . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014214651/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/2012-02-08-08-18-09/regional-ministers . 14 October 2013 . 23 November 2013 . Government of Ghana.
  4. Web site: Parliament of Ghana . 2022-11-20 . Parliament of Ghana.
  5. Web site: HON. QUEENSTAR POKUAH SAWYERR. 2018-07-05. UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce. en-US. 2019-05-25.
  6. Web site: Ghana MPs – MP Details – Sawyerr, Queenstar Pokuah . 2019-04-27 . Ghana MPs.
  7. Web site: 2016-10-28 . Probe IGP's ‘Fake’ doctorate degree - Academics . 2023-11-28 . GhanaWeb . en.
  8. Web site: quist . 2016-08-03 . Gifty Anti, IGP, Hassan Ayariga and others indicted in fake doctorate degree scandal . 2023-11-28 . Pulse Ghana . en.
  9. Web site: Ghana MPs – MP Details – Sawyerr, Queenstar Pokuah . 2021-03-25 . Ghana MPs.
  10. Web site: FM . Peace . 2020 Election - Agona East Constituency Results . 2022-11-20 . Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  11. Web site: Parliamentary Results for Agona East . 2022-11-20 . GhanaWeb.
  12. Web site: NDC’s Pokuah Sawyerr retains Agona East seat . 2022-11-20 . Graphic Online . en-gb.
  13. Web site: Online . Peace FM . Agona East: Queenstar Pokua Sawyerr Explains Reason Behind Sharing Money . 2022-11-20 . Peacefmonline - Ghana news.
  14. Web site: 2017-11-18 . Agona East MP Assists Traders With Interest Free Loan . 2022-11-20 . The Publisher Online . en-GB.
  15. Web site: Africa . Daily Guide . Queenster Pokuah Sawyerr News Ghana . 2022-11-20 . Ghana news . en-US.
  16. Web site: Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr supports Gomoa Adzentem . 2022-11-20 . BusinessGhana.
  17. Web site: MP gives to Muslims in Agona East . 2022-11-20 . Ghanadistricts.
  18. Web site: Agona East MP supports five basic schools . 2022-11-20 . BusinessGhana.
  19. Web site: Tigo . Joshua . 2018-04-17 . PHOTOS: Agona East MP donates desks to schools in her constituency . 2024-06-10 . Adomonline.com . en-US.
  20. Web site: 2018-10-17 . Agona East MP Donates Massively To Schools . 2024-06-10 . The Publisher Online . en-GB.
  21. Web site: Emmanuel . Kojo . 2020-10-04 . Agona Duakwa: Chief bans NDC MP from campaigning for disrespecting them . 2022-11-20 . Pulse Ghana . en.