Betty Krosbi Mensah

Hon.
Betty Krosbi Mensah
MP
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Afram Plains North constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 January 2017
Preceded byEmmanuel Aboagye Didieye
Personal details
Born
Betty Nana Efua Krosbi Mensah

(1980-08-29) 29 August 1980 (age 44)
Donkorkrom, Ghana
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
RelationsKrosbi Mensah (father)
Children1
Alma materZenith University College, Koforidua Technical University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionManaging director
CommitteesGender and Children Committee; Health Committee

Betty Nana Efua Krosbi (also spelled Crosby[1] and Krosby[2]) Mensah, (born August 29, 1980)[3] is a Ghanaian politician and the Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North constituency in the Eastern region of Ghana. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[4][5][1][6]

Early life and education

Mensah was born on 29 August 1980 in Donkorkrom, Eastern Region. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Zenith University College,[7] and a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accounting from Koforidua Technical University.[8][9]

Career

Before she became a Member of Parliament, Mensah was the managing director of Best Pat Ghana Limited from the year 2013 to the year 2016. She also served as the Second Deputy Coordinator for the National Youth Employment from 2009 to 2013. Mensah was also the Gender and Development Coordinator of Ghana Cooperative Credit Union from 2003 to 2005.[10][11] She is the Vice President of the Young Parliamentarians Forum, Ghana Chapter.[9]

Politics

Parliamentary bid

In Ghana's 2016 general elections for the Parliamentary seat of Afram Plains, Mensah pulled a total vote count of 18,121 out of 23,606 votes cast representing 78.44% to beat Isaac Ofori-Koree of the New Patriotic Party who had 4,795 votes making 20.8% of the total votes cast, Cornelius Agbeku of the National Democratic Party who had 94 votes making 0.4% of the total votes cast, and Micheal Ampontia of the Convention People's Party who had 91 votes making 0.4% of the total votes cast to win the seat in 7th Parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[12]

2020 election

In the 2020 Ghanaian general election, she again won the Afram Plains North Constituency parliamentary seat with 18,543 votes making 68.30% of the total votes cast whilst the NPP parliamentary candidate Isaac Ofori-Koree had 8,605 votes making 31.70% of the total votes cast and the NDP parliamentary candidate Ferguson Asare had 0 vote making 0% of the total votes cast.[13][14]

Member of Parliament

During the 8th parliament she serves as a member on the Gender and Children Committee and Health Committee.[3]

Personal life

Mensah is married with one child.[7] She is the daughter of Krosbi Mensah, the first MP for Afram Plains Constituency.[15] She is a Christian and worships as a Roman Catholic.[3]

Philanthropy

In July 2021, Mensah donated a laptop to Michael Awingura, a student of the University of Ghana.[16]

In June 2022, she donated materials to the educational sector, agricultural sector and hospital equipment to the health sector in the Afram Plains North Constituency.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "11 Young And Beautiful Ghanaian Female MPs Who Are Inspiring Girls To Dream Big". OMGVoice.com. 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Mensah, Betty Nana Efua Krosby". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Hon. Betty Nana Efua Krosbi Mensah". www.parliament.gh. Parliament of Ghana. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ Ghana, ICT Dept. Office of Parliament. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Youth resist attempts to relocate ferry at Afram Plains". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  6. ^ "NDC Parliamentary Candidate makes women her prime target | News Ghana". www.newsghana.com.gh. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Mensah, Betty Nana Efua Krosby". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Member of Parliament Hon. Betty Krosby Nana Efua Mensah". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Betty Mensah | Al Jazeera News | Today's latest from Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Member of Parliament". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Betty Nana Efauh Krosbi Mensah, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  12. ^ FM, Peace. "2016 Election - Afram Plains North Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  13. ^ FM, Peace. "2020 Election – Afram Plains North Constituency Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Parliamentary Results for Afram Plains North". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Official Parliament of Ghana facebook". Facebook. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Betty Krosbi Mensah supports brilliant but needy student with a laptop". Ghana MPS. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  17. ^ Coverghana.com.gh (15 June 2022). "Hon. Betty Krosbi donates to Health, Education and Agric Sectors in Kwahu Afram Plains North District". Coverghana.com.gh. Retrieved 22 January 2023.