Mathias Kwame Ntow is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Aowin Constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.

Personal life

Elder Ntow is a Christian, a member of the Church of Pentecost. He is married to Mrs. Victoria Sam (with six children).

Early life

Hon. Ntow was born in Nkwanta No. 2 on Monday, 11 November 1957. He attended the University of Winneba and had a Bachelor of Education Degree in Social Studies. He also had Teacher's Certificate A from th
Enchi College of Education
Ntow graduated from

University of Education Winneba The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) is a university in Winneba, Central Region of Ghana. It was established in 1992 by a government ordinance (PNDC Law 322) and with a relationship with the University of Cape Coast. Its main aim is to t ...

with a Masters of Art in Human Rights in 2007.

Career

Mr. Ntow is an Educationist by profession. He was also employed by GES (Principal Supt and Social Science Tutor, Enchi College of Education).

Politics

Ntow is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In 2008, he contested for the Aowin seat on the ticket of the NDC for the fifth parliament of the fourth republic and won. He was the MP for Aowin Constituency, Western Region. He was also a member of parliament for the sixth and the seventh parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.

2008 election

Ntow contested for Aowin constituency in the Western Region of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the

2008 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2008. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo of the gover ...

and won the parliamentary seat with 19,291 votes representing 54.09% of the total votes. He won the election over Samuel Adu Gyamfi of the

New Patriotic Party The New Patriotic Party (NPP; ) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian ...

who polled 15,393 votes representing 43.16%, parliamentary candidate for PNC Ebenezer Ebbi Kwaw Dankwa had 631 votes which is equivalent to 1.77% and parliamentary candidate for the

Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Convention (UGC ...

Martin Boadu had 347 votes representing 0.97% of the total votes.

2012 election

Ntow was re-elected as a member of parliament for Aowin constituency in the Western Region of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the

2012 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on Friday 7 December 2012 to elect a president and members of Parliament in 275 electoral constituencies. Owing to the breakdown of some biometric verification machines, some voters could not vote, and voting ...

. He was elected with 30,035 votes representing 56.67% of the total votes. He won the parliamentary seat over Samuel Adu Gyamfi of the New Patriotic Party, Solomon Appiah of IND, Abdu Hawa of PPP, and John Brew of the NDP. They obtained 21,030 votes, 756 votes, 700 votes, and 269 votes respectively, equivalent to 39.68%, 1.43%, 1.32%, and 0.51% of the total votes.

= 2016 election

= Ntow again contested the Aowin constituency in the Western Region of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the

2016 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2016 to elect a President of Ghana, President and all 275 Members of Parliament of Ghana, Parliament. They had originally been scheduled for 7 November 2016, but the date was later rejected by P ...

and won the election with 22,385 representing 50.70% of the total votes. He won the parliamentary seat over Samuel Adu Gyamfi of the New Patriotic Party who polled 20,780 votes which is equivalent to 47.06%, parliamentary candidate for the PPP Isaac Wilson Kwaw had 853 votes representing 1.93% and parliamentary candidate for the Convention People's Party Solomon Asamoah had 134 votes representing 0.30% of the total votes.

References

Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 1957 births Living people National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians Politicians from the Western North Region University of Education, Winneba alumni Ghanaian Pentecostals {{Ghana-politician-stub