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Name : Rita Naa Odoley-Sowah

Position : DEPUTY

Designation : Deputy Local Gov't Minister

Rita Naa Odoley Sowah is a Ghanaian politician, born 2 July 1968 and a Ga from La also known as Labadi in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

She is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). She is the first female Member of Parliament for the La Dade Kotopon Constituency. she previously served as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for La Dade kotopon Municipal Assembly (LADMA) from 2013 to 2017.

She 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.

She served as the first 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).

Rita Naa Odoley Sowah 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 (NPP) polled 41,101 votes representing 46.33%. She was one of the 40 women who represented their respective constituencies in the 8th Parliament from 7 January 2021 to 2024.

Sowah was sworn in as Member of Parliament representing the La Dade Kotopon Constituency in the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana on 7 January 2021. She serves as a member on the Youth, Sports and Culture Committee and the Gender and Children Committee of Parliament.

She is currently the Deputy Minister for Local Government, Religious Affairs and Chieftaincy. Rita Naa Odoley Sowah is a Christian.

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