Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah

Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah (born 3 November 1967) is a Ghanaian politician and the Member of Parliament for Ada constituency. She served as the Minister of State in charge of Social and Allied Institutions. She is currently the Deputy Chief Whip in the Parliament of Ghana.[1]

Hon.
Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah
MP
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Ada
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Personal details
Born (1967-11-03) 3 November 1967
Big Ada, Ghana
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
ChildrenTwo
Alma materGhana Institute of Journalism
ProfessionStenographer Secretary

Early life and education

Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah was born in Big Ada, Greater Accra Region on 3 November 1967.[2] Comfort earned her Diploma in Stenographership from Royal Academy of Accounting, Accra in 1983. She earned a certificate in Radio and TV Presentation from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2011.[3]

Political life

Cudjoe-Ghansah is the Member of Parliament for Ada constituency, and sits on the committees for gender and children, and on foreign affairs.[2] She was the Minister of State for the Ghanaian government on Social and Allied Institutions,[4] having been named to the role in January 2013 by President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama.[5] She denied accusations in 2014 that she had bribed assembly members to reject a District Chief Executive nominated by the President. Her name was cleared at an emergency meeting in the region.[6]

She met with the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana later that year to discuss joint working on health and the well-being of children.[7]

In 2016, she presented computers on behalf of the government to the head of the Ghanaian civil service,[8] and over 500 desks to schools within her constituency. In a low key ceremony, she stressed the importance of education to Ghanaian citizens.[9]

Politics

Cudjoe-Ghansah contested and won the National Democratic Congress parliamentary seat for Ada Constituency in the Greater Accra Region. She won this seat during the 2016 Ghanaian general elections.[10] Three other candidates namely Kanor Saakey of the New Patriotic Party, Asupah Manasseh of National Democratic Party and Daniel Katey Ossah of Convention People's Party also contested in the 2016 by-election of Ada constituency held in 2016. Cudjoe-Ghansah won the election by obtaining 18,954 votes out of the 23,570 cast, representing 80.42 percent of total valid votes.[11] In 2020 Cudjoe-Ghansah retained her seat, with 27,591 votes, gaining 82.14% of the votes cast for the Ada seat in Parliament.[12]

Personal life

She is a Christian who is married with six children.[3] She has spoken at events which have sought to bring religious cohesiveness to the area, praising the peace within Ghana.[13]

References
  1. "10 things you didn't know about new Minority Leader, Dr. Ato Forson". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  2. "Ghana Parliament member Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah (Mrs.)". GhanaWeb. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Cudjoe, Doyoe Comfort". GhanaMPs.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. "Minister of State in-Charge of Social and Allied Institutions, Mrs Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah". The Office of Head of Civil Service. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  5. Boateng, Michael Ofori Amanfo (22 January 2013). "Mahama's fourth batch of ministerial appointments out". Joy Online. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  6. "I Didn't Bribe Anybody To Reject DCE Nominee – MP". Peace FM Online. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  7. "Chinese Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Sun Baohong Met with Minister of State Hon. Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  8. "Government Supports Head of Civil Service With Computers". News Ghana. 11 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  9. "Ada MP presents desk to schools". Today Ghana News. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  10. "NDC Greater Accra regional parliamentary aspirants". www.ghananewsagency.org. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  11. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2016 Results – Ada Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  12. FM, Peace. "Ada Constituency Results – Election 2020". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  13. "Minister urges Ghanaians to be grateful to God for peace". Ghana News Agency. 7 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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