Abena Osei Asare
Hon. Abena Osei-Asare | |
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| Member of Parliament for Atiwa East constituency | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| President | Nana Akufo-Addo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1979 |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana |
| Profession | Accountant and financial officer |
Abena Osei-Asare (born 16 January 1979) is a Chartered Accountant, Ghanaian politician and currently a Member of Parliament for Atiwa East (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[1][2][3][4]
She is married with three children; two boys and a girl.[5]
Early life and education
[edit]Abena Osei Asare attended Achimota Primary School and continue her secondary education at Wesley Girls High School-Cape-Coast (1995–97) where she read General Arts with elective subjects as Economics, Geography and Elective Mathematics.
She later acquired her tertiary education from the University of Ghana where she studied Economics and Geography and completed in 2003. She holds a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics with Geography from the University of Ghana and an Msc. Development Finance from the University of Ghana Business School.[6]
She became a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in 2009 and later a fellow in 2014. Also, her membership extends to the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG) .[5]
She also has a certificate in Dealing from ACI (Financial Markets Association).[7][8]
Career
[edit]Abena Osei-Asare graduating after her first degree, did her national service at the President's Special Initiative on Textiles and Garments under President John Agyekum Kufuor.[5]
She proceeded to work as the assistant director in Facilities and Finance for the New York University, Accra in Ghana between the period of (2004 and 2007).[9]
Continuing her career at Absa Bank [then Barclays Bank Ghana], she served as the customer team leader in the retail department (2007-2009) and dealer for the Treasury Department (2009–12).[10]
In the year 2000 she became a member of the New Patriotic Party and it was on the ticket of this political party that she had contested for the Member of Parliament of the then newly created constituency Atiwa East (Eastern Region) during the 2012 parliamentary elections.[11][12]
Politics
[edit]Abena contested and won the New Patriotic Party parliamentary seat for Atiwa East Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana in 2012. She won the seat again during the 2016 Ghanaian general elections. She contested against one other candidate namely, Asante Foster of the National Democratic Congress.
Abena won the election by obtaining 17,399 votes of the 22,486 cast, representing 77.81 percent of total valid votes.[13][14][15]
As a Member of Parliament, she actively participated in the business of parliament as a representative of the people of Atiwa East. She served on the Finance Committee, Public Accounts Committee, and Employment and Social Welfare and State Enterprises Committee in Parliament and has played a key role in passing legislation and agreements as well as interrogating auditees on the Annual Auditor General's Report. Again she was also a board member of the Prestigious Parliamentary Service Board(PSB).
In 2017, at age 38, Abena was the youngest woman ever to be appointed to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning as a deputy minister.
At the Ministry of Finance, her schedule included acting as intermediary between the Ministry and Parliament in terms of loan agreements, bills and annual National budget. As the Deputy Minister in charge of budget, she, acting under the Minister of Finance, supported in the smooth preparation and implementation of the government budget for the last 4 years. She was instrumental resolving a lot of the labour union issues under the first four years of H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
She has also represented the Minister at various international conferences including the UN meetings on SDGs and ILO on labour issues. In terms of Corporate Governance, She represented the Ministry of Finance as a Director on the following boards; ADB BANK, SSNIT, NHIA and GIADEC.
Personal life
[edit]Abena is a Christian who fellowships at the Presbyterian church.[16] She is married with three children.[11] She also runs an NGO, The Waterbrook Foundation which supports brilliant but needy students with their Education.[17]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bampoe, Daniel (15 April 2015). "MP Abena Osei Asare Picks Nomination Forms". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Election 2016: Know your female parliamentary candidates". Abongobi Media Services. 21 February 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Atiwa MP advises constituents to safeguard government projects". myjoyonline. 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ Akwetey-Okunor, Isaac. "Atiwa East MP Decries High Rate Of Pregnancy Among JHS Students". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ a b c Interview with Abena Osei Asare, MP for Atiwa East | Face to Face, retrieved 2021-03-24
- ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Hon. Abena Osei Asare". Odekro. Odekro. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Abena Osei Asare | Ministry of Finance | Ghana". mofep.gov.gh. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ a b Arku, Jasmine (11 June 2013). "Atiwa East MP determined to serve constituents". Graphic Online. Graphic Online. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ "Member of Parliament Abena Osei-Asare (Mrs)". GhanaWeb. b. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2016 Results - Atiwa East Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ "Ghana Election atiwa-east Constituency Results". www.graphic.com.gh. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ "Parliamentary Results for Atiwa East". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ "CODA | Coastal Development Authority - Ghana". Coastal Development Authority Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-07.