Betty Crosby Mensah

Ghanaian politician (born 1980)

Betty Krosbi Nana Efua Mensah, known as Betty Krosby Mensah, (born August 29, 1980) is a Ghanaian politician and the Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North constituency in the Eastern region of Ghana. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress.

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Hon.

Betty Krosby Mensah

Member of the Ghana Parliament

for Afram Plains North constituency

Incumbent

Assumed office

7 January 2017

Preceded by

Emmanuel Aboagye Didieye

Personal details

Born

Betty Krosbi Nana Efua Mensah

29 August 1980 (age 40)

Donkorkrom, Ghana

Nationality

Ghanaian

Political party

National Democratic Congress

Children

Alma mater

Zenith University College.

Early life and education.

Mensah was born on 29 August 1980 in Donkorkrom, Eastern Region. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Zenith University College. And a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accounting from Koforidua Technical University.

Career.

Before she became a Member of Parliament, Mensah was the Managing Director of Best Pat Ghana Limited from the year 2013 to the year 2016. She also served as the Second Deputy Coordinator for the National Youth Employment from 2009 to 2013. Mensah was also the Gender and Development Coordinator of Ghana Cooperative Credit Union from 2003 to 2005.

Politics.

Member of parliament

In Ghana's 2016 general elections for the Parliamentary seat of Afram Plains, Mensah pulled a total vote count of 18,121 out of 23,606 votes cast representing 78.44% to beat Isaac Ofori-Koree of the New Patriotic Party, Cornelius Agbeku of the National Democratic Party, and Micheal Ampontia of the Convention People's Party to win the seat in 7th Parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana. In 2020 General elections, she retained her seat in the Kwahu Afram Plains North by obtaining 18,543 representing 67.8% of the total votes(27,986).