Helen Ntoso

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| honorific-prefix = Hon.

| name = Helen Adjoa Ntoso

| honorific-suffix = MP

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| constituency_MP = Krachi West

| parliament = Ghana

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| term_start = 7 January 2013

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| predecessor = Francis Yaw Osei Sarfo

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| office2 = Volta Regional Minister

| term_start2 = 16 July 2014

| term_end2 = 6 January 2017

| president2 = John Mahama

| predecessor2 = Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo

| successor2 = Archibald Letsa

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| office3 = Eastern Regional Minister

| term_start3 = 11 March 2013

| term_end3 = 16 July 2014

| president3 = John Mahama

| predecessor3 = Julius Debrah

| successor3 = Antwi Boasiako Sekyere

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| office4 = Volta Regional Minister

| term_start4 = January 2013

| term_end4 = 11 March 2013

| president4 = John Mahama

| predecessor4 = Henry Ford Kamel

| successor4 = Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo

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| nationality = Ghanaian

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| alma_mater = Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre

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| cabinet = Minister

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Helen Adjoa Ntoso (born February 1958) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana to representing Krachi West constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana.{{cite web |title=Hon. Helen Adjoa Ntoso |url=http://www.parliament.gh/members_details.php?ddt=375 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130822110129/http://www.parliament.gh/members_details.php?ddt=375 |archive-date=22 August 2013 |accessdate=22 August 2013 |publisher=Parliament Of Ghana}}{{Cite web |title=Parliament of Ghana |url=https://www.parliament.gh/members?mp=94110 |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=www.parliament.gh}} She is a member of the National Democratic Congress.{{cite web |title=Helen Ntoso |url=http://www.ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=2480 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221012411/http://www.ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=2480 |archive-date=21 February 2013 |accessdate=22 August 2013 |publisher=Ghana MPs}} Hon Ntoso is a former Regional Minister for the Volta and Eastern Regions in the NDC government of President Mahama.{{cite web |title=President Mahama nominates Helen Ntoso as Volta Regional Minister | watch listen to ghana news on tv live online |url=http://videos.myghana.tv/watch-listen-to-ghana-news-on-tv-live-online/president-mahama-nominates-helen-ntoso-as-volta-regional-minister.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515033222/http://videos.myghana.tv/watch-listen-to-ghana-news-on-tv-live-online/president-mahama-nominates-helen-ntoso-as-volta-regional-minister.html |archive-date=15 May 2014 |accessdate=22 August 2013 |publisher=My Ghana Television}}

Early life and education

Ntoso is from Kete Krachi which was located in the Volta Region until December 2018 when new regions were created. It is now in the Oti Region. She completed her post-secondary education at St Francis Training College. She has an Advanced Diploma in Education from Lambeth College in London. She also holds a Master of Arts in Conflict Peace and Security from Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

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 NADMO 2009 to 2012.

Political career

Ntoso won the Krachi West seat in the 2012 Ghanaian general election. She retained her seat in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 elections.{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Results for Krachi West |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/elections/2024/parliamentary-constituency-results/Krachi-West-198 |website=ghanaweb.com |access-date=16 December 2024}}

She was appointed Volta Regional Minister by President John Mahama in 2013. She was made the Eastern Regional Minister in a cabinet reshuffle in March 2013.{{cite web |author1=Nathan Gadugah |title=Reshuffle is in line with Mahama's development strategy - Ayariga |url=http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201303/102603.php |website=MyJoyOnline |access-date=16 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313190246/http://politics.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201303/102603.php |archive-date=13 March 2013 |date=11 March 2013}} She was the Volta Regional Minister in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/magazine-honours-ntoso-as-2015-best-regional-minister.html|title=Magazine honours Ntoso as 2015 best Regional Minister|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb|access-date=2020-01-25}} In July 2014, she was redesignated as Volta Regional Minister, a position she held until the end of the Mahama NDC government on 6 January 2017.

Awards

Helen Ntoso won an award for Regional Minister of the Year 2015, organized by West African International Magazine.{{Cite web|url=http://citifmonline.com/2016/02/01/volta-regional-minister-adjudged-minister-of-the-year/|title=Volta Regional Minister adjudged minister of the year|last=Afanyi-Dadzie|first=Ebenezer|date=2016-02-01|website=Ghana News|access-date=2016-12-09}}

References

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{{s-ttl|title=Volta Regional Minister |years=2014— 2017}}

{{s-aft|after=Archibald Letsa}}

{{s-bef|before=Julius Debrah}}

{{s-ttl|title=Eastern Regional Minister |years=2013— 2014}}

{{s-aft|after=Antwi Boasiako Sekyere}}

{{s-bef|before=Henry Ford Kamel}}

{{s-ttl|title=Volta Regional Minister |years=2013 — 2013}}

{{s-aft|after=Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo}}

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Category:Living people

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Category:Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025

Category:Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre alumni