Rebecca Akweley Adotey
Hon. Rebecca Akweley Adotey | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West-Wuogon Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 1996 – 6 January 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Occupation | Executive secretary |
| Profession | Politician |
Rebecca Akweley Adotey is a Ghanaian politician. She was an executive secretary for the National Council for Women and Development and a member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Akweley Adotey holds a Bachelor of Arts in English. She was an educationist (assistant director) and an executive secretary for the National Council for Women and Development.[3][4]
Politics
[edit]As a politician, Akweley Adotey stood for the position of a member of parliament for the Ayawaso West-Wuogon Constituency in the year 1996. She contested and won in the 1996 Ghanaian general elections,[5][6][7][8] on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress with a total valid votes of 15,089, representing 35.10%. This was against his opponents; George Isaac Amoo of the New Patriotic Party, who polled 14,795 votes, which represented 34.40% of the total valid votes; Andrews La-Anyane of the People's National Convention, who polled 1,127 votes, representing 2.60% of the total valid votes; Joyce Abla Tamaklo, an independent candidate, polled 855 votes, representing 2.00% of the total valid votes; and Jane Chinebuah of the Convention People's Party polled 852, which represented 2.00% of the total valid votes cast.[9][10]
References
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- ^ "Parliamentary Election Results" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Ghana. 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Statement: Retract and render an unqualified apology – Npp Women In politics to Dumelo's Wife". Kessben FM. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "NPP, NDC WHO OCCUPY AYAWASO WEST WUOGON SEAT?". sensationalnewsportalblogspot. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Sedode, Pilot (8 September 2020). "Ayawaso West Wuogon: The University Of Ghana And The Parliamentary Aspirants". Kuulpeeps – Ghana Campus News and Lifestyle Site by Students. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Who will inherit the late Agyarko's Parliamentary seat? – Ghana Online News". GhanaOnlineNews. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Online, Peace FM. "Ayawaso West Wuogon By-election In Focus". Mobile Peace FM Online. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament – Greater Accra Region Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ eveningmailgh (31 January 2019). "Statistics for Parliamentary Election Results of the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency". The Evening Mail. Retrieved 12 October 2020.