Dorcas Affo-Toffey

Dorcas Affo-Toffey is a Ghanaian entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician.[1] She is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).[2][3][4] She is the member of parliament for the Jomoro Constituency.[5]

Hon.

Dorcas Affo-Toffey
Member of Parliament for
Jomoro Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
Nationality Ghanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress

Politics

She was elected as the National Democratic Congress candidate for the Jomoro Constituency in August 2019.[2] She got 1,324 votes representing 87.4% whilst the other two candidates Akatia Kwaidoo, Nda Blay Armah polled 188 representing 12.4%, 4 representing 0.2% respectively.[2]

Affo-Toffey won the 2020 parliamentary elections for Jomoro Constituency after polling 24,356 votes representing 55.5% against the incumbent member of parliament Paul Essien of the New Patriotic Party who had 19,889 votes representing 44.95%.[6][7] She is one of the 40 women and the only one from the Western Region who will be representing their respective constituencies in the 8th Parliament from 7th January 2021.[5]

Personal life

She is the mother of Ghanaian musician Fantana.[8]

References
  1. "NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Jomoro Dorcas Affo Toffey donates food items to all mosques in Jomoro". GhanaPoliticsOnline. 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  2. "NDC parliamentary primaries provisional results". MyJoyOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  3. "Samia Nkrumah disappointed the people of Jomoro - NDC Parliamentary candidate". MyJoyOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  4. "Jomoro NDC parliamentary candidate inaugurates new party office at Ezinlibo". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  5. emmakd (2020-12-10). "Western Region has only one female in Legislature". Ghana Business News. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  6. Bonney, Abigail (2020-12-08). "Election 2020: Musician Fantana's mother wins Jomoro seat". Adomonline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  7. FM, Peace. "Jomoro Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  8. "Fantana's mum wins Jomoro parliamentary seat". MyJoyOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.


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