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The Model African Woman of the Year 2019, has been awarded to Ghana’s First Female Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare .

In a ceremony held yesterday to mark the fourth edition of the Young African Women Congress (YAWC) at the Bank of Ghana auditorium of the University of Ghana, the ExLA Group, presented her with the award.

The Chief of Staff is a development consultant with 40 years working experience with organizations like FAO and UNDP. She is also the two-term former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency in Accra and a Cabinet Minister during the erstwhile President John Agyekum Kufuor administration.

During her tenure in Parliament, she was instrumental in the passage of the Disability Act of Ghana, the Labour Act of Ghana, and the Human Trafficking Act.

She was appointed Ghana’s first female Chief of Staff in 2017 by President Akufo-Addo.