Betty Crosby Mensah

Betty Nana Efua Krosbi (also spelled Crosby ) Mensah, (born August 29, 1980) is a Ghanaian politician and a former Member of Parliament for the 7th and 8th parliament of the republic of Ghana for the Afram Plains North constituency in the Eastern region of Ghana. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress.

Early life and education Mensah was born on 29 August 1980 in Donkorkrom, Eastern Region. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Zenith University College, and a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accounting from Koforidua Technical University.

Career Before she became a Member of Parliament, Mensah was the managing director of Best Pat Ghana Limited from the year 2013 to the year 2016. She also served as the Second Deputy Coordinator for the National Youth Employment from 2009 to 2013. Mensah was also the Gender and Development Coordinator of Ghana Cooperative Credit Union from 2003 to 2005. She is the Vice President of the Young Parliamentarians Forum, Ghana Chapter.

2020 election In the 2020 Ghanaian general election, she again won the Afram Plains North Constituency parliamentary seat with 18,543 votes making 68.30% of the total votes cast whilst the NPP parliamentary candidate Isaac Ofori-Koree had 8,605 votes making 31.70% of the total votes cast and the NDP parliamentary candidate Ferguson Asare had 0 vote making 0% of the total votes cast.

2024 election

In the 2024 Ghanaian general election, she lost her bid to represent the Afram Plains North (Ghana parliament constituency) for the third time. She lost to the independent candidate, Worlase Kpeli. She polled 10,993 votes representing 44.86%, while her opponent polled 11,452 representing 46.73%. Member of Parliament During the 8th parliament she served as a member on the Gender and Children Committee and Health Committee. She is a Christian and worships as a Roman Catholic.

In June 2022, she donated materials to the educational sector, agricultural sector and hospital equipment to the health sector in the Afram Plains North Constituency.