Bernice Adiku Heloo (born September 24, 1954) is a Ghanaian politician and was the former Member of Parliament for

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Constituency.

Early life

Heloo was born in

, Volta Region, to Rev. E. T. Adiku and Comfort Adiku.

Education

Heloo attended

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and OLA Girls' Secondary School, Ho. She obtained a BA in study of religions and an

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in adult education from the University of Ghana. She also obtained an M.Ed. in adult education, literacy for rural development from the University of Manchester. She obtained her doctorate degree in political economy from the Swiss Management Center University.

Career

Heloo was the immediate past president of Society For Women and

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in Africa and founder of Prolink, an NGO in Ghana. She is currently the member of Parliament for Hohoe constituency.

Politics

Member of Parliament

Heloo was a minority member in the 6th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. She was the member of parliament for Hohoe, Volta Region from January 7, 2013, to date; this is her second term. As the parliamentary member for

Constituency, Heloo criticized the president of the Republic of Ghana

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for not addressing the kidnapping of the Takoradi girls in the 2019 state of the nation address.

Deputy Minister

She was appointed by John Dramani Mahama in 2013 to serve as deputy Minister of Environment, Science and Technology and Innovation. She served in that role in the John Mahama administration from 2013 to 2017.

Personal life

Heloo is a Christian and is married.

References

Living people 1966 births University of Ghana alumni Alumni of the University of Manchester Mawuli School alumni Women members of the Parliament of Ghana Ghanaian MPs 2013–2017 Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 OLA Girls Senior High School (Ho) alumni 21st-century Ghanaian women politicians {{Ghana-bio-stub