Theresa Lardi Awuni (born 2 January 1979) is a

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politician who is a member of the National Democratic Congress. She is the member of parliament for the

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Constituency in the

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region of Ghana.

Early life and education

She hails from Winkongo in the

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. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Project Management from the

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public co-educational university spread over four campuses (Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and made up of six schools, ten research centers located at Greenhill in Accra ...

in 2018.

Career

She worked at the

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of Ghana as a principal disaster control officer and at Langdi Enterprise (as proprietress).

Politics

Awuni is a former Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration TEIN Women's Commissioner. TEIN (Tertiary Education Institutions Network) is the tertiary wing of the National Democratic Congress. She is also a three-time Constituency Women's Organizer of Okaikwei North Constituency. In August 2019, she contested for the National Democratic Congress primaries for Okaikwei North Constituency and won as the candidate to present the party in the December 2020 Elections. Awuni won by 342 votes out of a total of 866 ballots cast while her other contenders Richard Kwarshie Kudjordjie, Abdul Nasiru Abass and Malik Adama had 220 votes, 179 votes and 12 votes respectively. She was elected member of parliament for the Okaikwei North Constituency in December 2020.She contested against the incumbent member of parliament

Fuseini Issah Fuseini Issah( born 2 February 1975) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2016, Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Okaikwei North Constituency in the Grea ...

of the

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and won after polling 29,281 votes representing 51.07% against his 27,242 votes representing 47.52%. She is one of the 40 women representing their respective constituencies in the 8th Parliament from 7 January 2021. She is a member of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee and the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee within the Ghanaian Parliament.

Personal life

Awuni is a devout Christian.

References

National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians 21st-century Ghanaian women politicians Living people Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 1979 births Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration alumni {{Ghana-politician-stub