Rita Naa Odoley Sowah (born 2 July 1968) is a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian politician. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). She is the member of parliament for the La Dade Kotopon Constituency. A native of

Labadi Labadi, also known as La, is a Peri-urban town in La Dade Kotopon Municipal District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Location Labadi is located along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Its distance by road from Kotoka International Airpor ...

in the Greater Accra Region, she previously served as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for La Dade kotopon Municipal Assembly (LADMA) from 2013 to 2017.

Early life

Rita Naa Odoley Sowah was born on 2 July 1968. She is a Ga and a native La also known as

in the

Greater Accra Region The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...

of Ghana.

Career

Early career

Sowah worked as a secretary at the Premix Secretariat under the Fisheries Commission of Ghana. She also worked as a Data Entry Officer at the Department of National Lotteries now the National Lottery Authority in Ghana and as a secretary at the La Dade Kotopon Office of the Member of Parliament.

Municipal Chief Executive

She served as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for La Dade kotopon Municipal Assembly (LADMA) from 2013 to 2017. She also served as the treasurer of National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG).

Politics

Parliamentary bid

She run for the NDC primaries to be selected as their candidate going into the 2020 elections and won. She made history as the first female to win the La Dade-Kotopon parliamentary seat in the 2020 Parliamentary elections. She won by getting 47,606 representing 53.67% whilst her closest Joseph Gerald Tetteh Nyanyofio of the

New Patriotic Party , logo = , colorcode = #132f7a , founder = , founded = 28 July 1992 , dissolved = , leader = Nana Akufo-Addo , chairman = Stephen Ayensu Ntim Stephen Ntim elected NPP National Chairman on fifth attempt http://www.gna.org.gh/1.2152672 ...

(NPP) polled 41,101 votes representing 46.33%. She is one of the 40 women who are representing their respective constituencies in the 8th Parliament from 7 January 2021.

Member of Parliament

Sowah was sworn in as

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

representing the La Dade Kotopon Constituency in the 8th Parliament of the 4th

Republic of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

on 7 January 2021. She serves as a member on the Youth, Sports and Culture Committee and the Gender and Children Committee of Parliament.

Personal life

Sowah is a Christian.

References

External links

Rita Naa Odoley Sowah, GhanaMPs Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sowah, Rita Naa Odoley Living people National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians 21st-century Ghanaian women politicians Women members of the Parliament of Ghana Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 1968 births People from Greater Accra Region Ga-Adangbe people