Helen Adjoa Ntoso (born February 1958) is a Ghanaian

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and a member of the

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for the Krachi West constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress. Hon Ntoso is A former Regional Minister for the Volta Region.

Early life and education

Ntoso is from

Kete Krachi Kete Krachi is the capital of the Krachi West District, in the western part of the Oti Region of Ghana, adjacent to Lake Volta. Kete Krachi is connected by a ferry to the town of Kwadjokrom, and by road to Bimbila and Dambai. Kete Krachi is the ...

in then Volta Region but now

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. She completed her post-secondary education at St Francis Training College. She has an Advanced Diploma in Education from

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. She also holds a Master of Arts in Conflict Peace and Security from

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Career

She was a Senior Child Care taker at Elizabeth Hamwod Nursery School from 2005 to 2007. She was a Missionary for Bright Church Army from 2003 to 2005. She was also the Director of Operations at

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2009 to 2012.

Political career

She was a regional minister from 2013 to 2016 (Office of the President). She was the Volta Regional Minister in 2015.

Awards

Helen Ntoso won an award for Regional Minister of the Year 2015, organized by West African International Magazine.

References

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