Meet the female MP who has contested as a parliamentary candidate in three constituencies

Sophia Karen Edem Ackuaku, the Member of Parliament for Domeabra-Obom Constituency in the Greater Accra Region representing the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has had a unique political journey. She has contested in three different constituencies as a parliamentary candidate.

She first contested the Dome Kwabenya constituency on the NDC ticket in the 2012 general elections after being elected as the party's parliamentary candidate.

She lost the seat to Adwoa Safo, who polled 63,373 votes (63.75%), while Sophia Karen polled 35,366 (35.58%).

In 2015, she contested the parliamentary primaries for Domeabra-Obom Constituency in the Greater Accra Region and won, subsequently participating in the general elections.

She won the general elections and represented her constituency for two terms—in 2016, she obtained 14,301 votes out of the 21,506 cast,representing 68.3 per cent of the total valid votes cast.

In 2020, she won with 22,083 votes representing 60.46% of the total votes.

However, her political journey took an unexpected turn. In May 2023, she deserted her current constituency to contest the NDC parliamentary slot in the Ayawaso Central Constituency.

She lost the contest after polls on Saturday, May 13, 2023, to Abdul Rauf Tongym Tubazu who polled 797 votes.

Despite her track record, she could not retain her seat in parliament.

 Consequently, her tenure as MP officially ends on January 7, 2025.

Sophia Karen Edem Ackuaku is a Ghanaian politician.

Ackuaku was born on 7 October 1972. She hails from Anyako in the Volta Region of Ghana. Ackuaku has undergone a wide array of training which has earned her a certificate in public relations, advertisement, and marketing from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.

She also has a diploma in social work from the School of Social Work in Osu-Accra and a proficiency in the Dutch Language from Zadkine College in Rotterdam, Holland. Ackuaku also has a certificate in leadership, human rights, and HIV/AIDS from the Ark Foundation in Ghana.

As a parliamentarian in the Ghanaian parliament, she has served on the Food, Agriculture, and Cocoa Affairs Committee and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee of parliament. Before her status as a member of the Ghanaian parliament, she worked as the deputy executive director in charge of operations at the Ghana National Service Scheme, from 2013 to 2016.

From 2004 to 2013 she worked as a managing director at Eligreen/Amsos Ghana Limited. Before this she worked previously as a deputy manager at Golden Souvenir Lotto in the Northern Region of Ghana from 1995 to 2000 and as the FBWE focal person for the Federation of Business Women Entrepreneurs from 2001 to 2010.

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