List Of 10 Ministers And Deputies Who Lost Parliamentary Bids

Three ministers

Key among them are the Minister of Public Enterprises and Member of Parliament (MP) for Effia in the Western Region, Joseph Cudjoe; Minister of Santation and Water Resources and MP for Tano North in the Ahafo Region, Freda Prempeh and the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection and MP for Walewale in the North East Region, Hajia Lariba Zuweira Abudu. 

Mr Cudjoe lost his fourth term bid to an officer of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Secretary to the GRA Board, Isaac Yaw Nyarko Boamah, who is also a lawyer. 

Freda Prempeh lost to Dr Gideon Boako, spokesperson for the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, while Hajia Zuweira Abudu lost to Dr Kabiru Mahama, also the Technical Adviser to the Vice-President. 

7 deputy ministers

The seven Deputy Ministers who lost their re-election bid are the two Deputy Ministers of Health, Tina Naa Ayeley Mensah, MP for Weija-Gbawe in the Greater Accra Region, and Mahama Asei Seini, MP for Daboya/Mankarigu in the Savannah Region. 

The others are a Deputy Minister of Education and MP for Abuakwa North in the Eastern Region, Gifty Twum-Ampofo; Deputy Minister of Communications and Digitalisation and MP for Juaben in Ashanti,  Ama Pomaa Boateng; a Deputy Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development and MP for Offinso North in the Ashanti Region, Collins Ntim; Deputy Minister of Labour Relations and MP for Lower Hemang Denkyira in the Central Region, Bright Wireko-Brobbey, and Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Acquaculture Development and MP for Trobu, Moses Anim. 

Tina Mensah was defeated by Jerry Ahmed Shaibu, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Coastal Development Authority; Mr Seini lost to a former Deputy Minister of Savannah Region, Samuel Tika; Mr Wireko-Brobbey was defeated by the CEO of Export and Import Bank, Ghana, Lawrence Agyinsam, while Ms Boateng and Mr Ntim lost their re-election bids to Frank Owusu Achiaw and Fred Kyei Asamoah respectively. 

These Ministers and Deputies are among the 28 sitting MPs who lost their reelection bids. 

In Dome-Kwabenya, the CEO of the Ghana Free Zones Authority, Michael Oquaye Jr, was third time lucky as he defeated Sarah Adwoa Safo, while the MP for Subin in the Ashanti Region, Eugene Boakye Antwi, a key member of the NPP MPs that pushed for the removal of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, lost to Kofi Obiri Yeboah. 

Others who were unsuccessful in their re-election bids are Isaac Kwame Asiamah (Atwima Mponua), Sheila Bartels (Ablekuma North), Dr Adomako Kissi (Anyaa Sowutuom), Kwasi Owusu Afrifa-Mensah (Amasaman), John Benam ( Zabzugu). The rest are Yves Hanson Nortey (Tema Central), Elvis Morris Donkor (Abura Asebu Kwamankese), Samuel Erickson Abakah (Shama), Kwadwo Asante (Suhum), Emmanuel Kwasi Gyamfi (Odotobri), Emmanuel Adjei Anhwere (Atwima-Nwabiagya South), Akwasi Darko Boateng (Bosome Freho) and George Kwabena Obeng Takyi (Manso Nkwanta).

1. Joseph Cudjoe – Effia
2. Freda Prempeh – Tano North
3. Sarah Adwoa Safo – Dome Kwabenya
4. Ama Pomaa Boateng – Juaben
5. Sheila Bartels – Ablekuma North
6. Moses Anim – Trobu
7. John Benam Jabaale – Zabzugu
8. Tina Naa Ayerley Mensah – Weija/Gbawe
9. Eugene Boakye Antwi – Subin 
10. Akwasi Afrifa Mensah – Amasaman 
11. Dr Amoako Kissi – Anyaa Sowutuom
12. Yves Hanson Nortey – Tema Central
13. Bright Wireko Brobbey – Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira 
14. Elvis Donkor – Abura Asebu Kwamankese 
15. Erickson Abekah – Shama
16. Akwasi Darko Boateng – Bosome Freho 
17. Kwadjo Asante – Suhum 
18. Mahama Asem Seini – Daboya Mankarigu
19. Gifty Twum Ampofo – Abuakwa North
20. Lariba Zuwera Abudu – Walewale
21. Collins Ntim – Offinso North
22. Kofi Okyere Agyekum – Fanteakwa South
23. Amankwah Asiamah – Fanteakwa North
24. John Osei Frimpong – Abirem
25. Isaac Kwame Asiamah – Atwima Mponua
26. George Kwabena Obeng Takyi – Manso Nkwanta: 
27. Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi – Odotobri
28. Emmanuel Anwhere – Atwima Nwabiagya