Della Sowah

Hon. Della Sowah
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Kpandu
President	John Dramani Mahama
President	John Atta Mills John Mahama
Personal details
Born	(1959-11-23) 23 November 1959 (age 65) Kpandu, Ghana
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Alma mater	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Profession	Journalist, advertiser, marketer

Della Adjoa Sowah (born 23 November 1959) is a Ghanaian former Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection.^[1][2] She is also the Member of Parliament for Kpando constituency.^[3]

Early life

Sowah was born in Kpandu, Volta Region of Ghana on 23 November 1959.

Education

Sowah earned her degree in Social Sciences from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 1981. She holds a Diploma in Finance and Master of business administration.^[4]

Career

• Deputy Minister
• Member of Parliament, 2012–2016 (government of Ghana)^[5]
• Partner, financial planner, 2001–2012 (Speed Masters)^[5]
• Marketing, MD, 1990–2000 (DAPEG LTD)^[5]
• Research, 1986–1990 (ESSOR LTD)^[6]

Politics

Sowah is a member of National Democratic Congress and a member of parliament for Kpando ( Ghana parliament constituency) in 6th, 7th and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.^[7]

2016 election

Sowah contested the Kpando constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won with 17,318 votes, representing 82.38% of the total votes. She won the election over Djampoh Elvis Kweku of the New Patriotic Party who polled 3,058 votes which is equivalent to 14.55%, parliamentary candidate for the NDP Daniel Karl had 359 votes representing 1.71% and the parliamentary candidate for Convention People's Party Isaac Adjanya had 286 votes representing 1.36% of the total votes.^[8]

2020 election

Sowah again contested the Kpando constituency parliamentary seat in the Volta Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2020 Ghanaian general election and won with 13,582 votes representing 62.29% over the parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party Quist Ernest Theophilus who polled 8,221 votes which is equivalent to 37.71% of the total votes.^[9][10][11]

Committees

Sowah is a member of Mines and Energy committee, Standing Orders committee and Business committee.^[7]

Personal life

Sowah is a Christian.^[12] She is married, and has three children.^[5]

References

1. "Teenage Pregnancy Increases From 6 To 26% -Della Sowah - The Chronicle - Ghana News". 15 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Ghana: Teenage Pregnancy Increases From 6 to 26 Percent - Della Sowah". Ghanaian Chronicle. Accra. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020 – via AllAfrica.
3. "Deputy Ministers - Government of Ghana". Government Of Ghana. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
4. "Della Sowah | 18th Microcredit Summit". 18microcreditsummit. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
5. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Sowah, Della". GhanaMps. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
6. "Hon. Della Adjoa Sowah". Parliament of Ghana. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
7. "Parliament of Ghana". parliament of ghana. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
8. FM, Peace. "Kpando Constituency Results - Election 2016". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
9. "Parliamentary Results for Kpando". MobileGhanaWeb. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
10. "Kpando – Election Data Center – The Ghana Report". Election Data Centre. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
11. "MODELO PARA PREDIÇÃO DE RESULTADOS DE COLHEITAS COM BASE EM MODELOS OCULTOS DE MARKOV". IADIS Ibero American Conferences: WWW/Internet and Applied Computing 2020. IADIS Press. 19 November 2020. doi:10.33965/ciawi_ciaca2020_202015l019.
12. "Members of Parliament | Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.