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Meet Millicent Amankwah Yeboah, the Sunyani West MP married to outgoing Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga

A vetting-room moment revealed that outgoing Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga's wife, Millicent Amankwah Yeboah, is the sitting Sunyani West MP.

Meet Millicent Amankwah Yeboah, the Sunyani West MP married to outgoing Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga

Millicent Amankwah Yeboah is the Member of Parliament for Sunyani West, a seat she won in the December 2024 general election. According to Adom Online and MyJoyOnline Ghana, she defeated the then-incumbent New Patriotic Party MP, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah.

Millicent Amankwah Yeboah is 34 years old and represents the National Democratic Congress in Parliament. Her background is in business management and consultancy. Before becoming an MP, she worked as a branch manager for Verna Mineral Water and later as Managing Director of MEA Connect Consultants, as per Adom Online and MyJoyOnline Ghana.

Millicent Amankwah Yeboah is married to Mahama Ayariga, the outgoing Majority Leader, a fact that came to light during his vetting by Parliament's Appointments Committee on August 27, 2026, as reported by Adom Online and MyJoyOnline Ghana. She studied at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana and the University of Law in the United Kingdom.

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