Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
Sylvester Tetteh | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Constituency Mp: | Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro Constituency |
Parliament: | Ghana |
Predecessor: | Habib Saad |
Birth Date: | 1977 7, df=yes |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | New Patriotic Party |
Alma Mater: | Regent University College of Science and Technology |
Sylvester Tetteh (born 7 July 1977) is a Ghanaian politician. He is a member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro Constituency in the Ga South Municipal District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. He was the former chief executive officer of National Youth Authority (NYA).[1] [2] [3]
Tetteh was born on 7 July 1977. He hails from Old Ningo. He is a graduate of Regent University College of Science and Technology where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science marketing in 2010.[4] In 2019, he was appointed as the chief executive officer of National Youth Authority (NYA) to replace Mr Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri, who was sacked because of procurement breaches.[5] [6]
Tetteh is a member of the New Patriotic party. In the 2012 and 2016 General elections, he contested and lost the Ningo-Prampram constituency seat against Enoch Teye Mensah and Samuel Nartey George of the NDC respectively.[7] [8] In the 2020 NPP parliamentary primaries, Tetteh switch from Ningo-Prampram to contest in Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro, where he resides. He won against Habib Saad the incumbent member of parliament.[9] [10] [11] He won the general elections.[12] [13]
He serves as the Vice Chairperson and a member of Communication Committee and Local Government and Rural Development Committee respectively in the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[14] [15]
In September 2021, he was appointed the board chairperson of the board chairman of the Ghana Enterprise Agency by President Nana Akuffo-Addo.[16] [17]
He is a Christian.