Frank Abdulai Ayariga

Hon
Frank Asumah Abdulai Ayariga
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Bawku
In office
Sep 1979 – Dec 1981
Personal details
Nationality Ghanaian
Political party People's National Party
Spouse(s) Anatu Ayariga
Relations Hassan Ayariga
Mahama Ayariga
Children 11
Profession Politician

Frank Asumah Abdulai Ayariga was the first Member of Parliament for Bawku during the Third Republic of Ghana.

Politics

Ayariga was a member of the People's National Party which was also formed the government in power between 1979 and 1981. Following the overthrow of Hilla Limann's government by the Jerry Rawlings-led Provisional National Defence Council on 31 December 1981, Ayariga left for exile in Nigeria. He stayed there for six years, only returning to Ghana in 1987 after he had been cleared of corruption[1][2]

Family

Ayariga's family hails from Tinsungo in Bawku in Upper East Region of Ghana. He was also a member of the Kusasi Royal Family. He was married to Anatu Ayariga. He had eleven children.[1]

His third child, Hassan Ayariga was the Presidential candidate for the People's National Convention in the Ghanaian presidential election in December 2012.[3] Mahama Ayariga, a younger son of his is the MP for Bawku and a former Deputy Minister for Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and later Education.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Hassan Abdulai Ayariga". Election Results. Daily Graphic Online. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Hassan Ayariga's Bio". Hassan Ayariga. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Presidential candidates". Electoral Commission of Ghana. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "President Mills reshuffles Deputy Ministers, appoints new DCEs". News. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
Parliament of Ghana
New title MP for Bawku
1979 – 1981 		parliament dissolved after coup
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