Minister for Gender and Social Protection, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has shared how community work and faith led her to public service in a revealing account of her unconventional path into politics The 49-year-old PhD holder from the University of Ghana detailed her transition into politics and meteoric rise to a ministerial position in an interview on JoyNews Personality Profile.
Naa Momo began her political career in 2000, serving as an assemblywoman and later as the presiding member of the Krowor Municipal Assembly.
The Nungua native contested the December 2016 elections under the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) but lost to Elizabeth Afoley Quaye of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who won the Krowor seat.
With the spirit of perseverance, she contested again in the 2020 election under the same umbrella party and won.
