Barbara Asher Ayisi

Barbara Ayisi Asher (born 12 February 1976) is a Ghanaian politician and the former Member of Parliament of Cape Coast North constituency in the Central Region of Ghana. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and was the former deputy minister for Education in Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5] She was appointed as the chairperson for the Women's Premier League Super Cup's Local Organizing Committee (LOC).[6]

Hon
Barbara Asher Ayisi
Member of Parliament for
Cape Coast North constituency
In office
7 January 2017 – 6 January 2021
Succeeded byKwamena Minta Nyarku
Deputy Minister for Education
In office
March 2017 – 6 January 2021
PresidentNana Akufo-Addo
Personal details
Born (1976-02-12) 12 February 1976
Effutu, Ghana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Children2
Residence(s)Central region, Cape Coast
Alma materUniversity of Cape Coast
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEducationist

Early life and education

Ayisi Asher was born on 12 February 1976 in Efutu, Central Region. She is an alumna of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) College of Education and University of Education, Winneba. She holds a master's degree in English literature from the University of Cape Coast.[7][8]

Employment history

Before her appointment as member of parliament, she worked as a Form Mistress between 2003 and 2006 with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and also as a House Mistress from 2010 to 2016 at Wesley Girls High School.[9]

Politics

She is the Deputy Minister for Education in charge of basic schools. She has a foundation called the Barbra Asher Foundation which focuses on reducing the unemployment among youth in her constituency. The Barbra Asher Foundation in collaboration with the Cape coast Technical University's Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation has trained over 200 youth in the Cape Coast constituency in entrepreneurial skills.[10]

Personal life

She is Christian and attends Victory Bible Church International. She is married and has two children.[11]

References
  1. "Deputy Ministers". Government of Ghana. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "Akufo-Addo releases names of 50 deputy and 4 more ministerial nominees". Graphic Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. "List of Akufo-Addo's 50 deputy ministers and four news ministers". Yen Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. "Akufo-Addo names 50 deputies, 4 ministers of state". Cifi FM Online. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. "Akufo-Addo picks deputy ministers". Ghana Web. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. "Barbara Ayisi chairs Women's Super Cup LOC - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  7. "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Ayisi, Barbara Asher". ghanamps. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  8. Ghana, ICT Dept. Office of Parliament. "Parliament of Ghana". parliament. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  9. "Parliament of Ghana".
  10. "C/R: Barbara Asher Foundation Trains 200 Youth In Entrepreneurial Skills". Modern Ghana. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  11. "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Ayisi, Barbara Asher". ghanamps. Retrieved 9 March 2019.


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