Alhassan Yakubu

Alhassan Yakubu is a Ghanaian politician and teacher. He served as a member of parliament for the Nanton constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana.[1][2]

Alhassan Yakubu
MP for Nanton
In office
7 January 1993 – 6 January 2001
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
MP for Nanton
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Agyekum Kufour
Succeeded byAlhaji Iddrisu Abdul-Kareem
Personal details
Born (1949-06-07) 7 June 1949
Nanton, Northern Region Gold Coast (now Ghana)
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma materKanton Teacher Training College
OccupationPolitician
Professionteacher

Early life and education

Yakubu was born on 7 June 1949. He went to Kanton Teacher Training College where he obtained an O level in Teacher's Cert A and become an educationist.

Politics

He was elected into the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana on 7 January 1993 after he was pronounced winner at the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election held on 29 December 1992.[3][4]

Alhassan Yakubu is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He became a member of parliament for the third parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana for the Nanton constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana during the 2000 Ghanaian general elections with a total vote cast of 5,659 representing 50.50%.

He again became a member of parliament from January 2005 after winning the 2004 Ghanaian general election in December 2004.[5] He was elected as the member of parliament for the Nanton Constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana under His excellency the Ex-President J.A Kufour's administration.

He obtain a total vote cast of 8,338 which represent 58.50% whiles his opponent candidates, Alhaji Abdul- Kareem Iddrisu of the New Patriotic Party polled 5,778 representing 40.60% of the votes and Abu Alhassan of the Convention Peoples Party obtained 132 also representing 0.90% of the total vote cast.[6] Alhassan Yakubu emerge as the winner of the Nanto Constituency.

Prior to his election into the 3rd Parliament, he also represented his constituency at the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. He was elected into the 2nd parliament on 7 January 1997 having defeated Tia Alhassan of the New Patriotic Party by obtaining 48.80% of the total votes cast which is equivalent to 6,682 while his opposition obtained 21.30% which is equivalent to 2,917 votes.

Personal life

Alhassan Yakubu is a Muslim by religion.

References
  1. "Ghana MPs – List of 2013–2017 (6th Parliament) MPs". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. transformation, CeDiT: Centre for digital; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ilv5ZV8AAAAJ&hl=en. "Alhassan Yakubu Alhassan". Universitetet i Agder. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. "Ghana HomePage, resource for News, Sports, Facts, Opinions, Business and Entertainment". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992-1996. 207: Ghana Publishing Corporation. 1993.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. Ditchfield, G. M.; Hayton, David; Jones, Clyve (1 March 2008). "British Parliamentary Lists, 1660–1800: A Register". Parliamentary History. 13 (3): 388. doi:10.1111/j.1750-0206.1994.tb00312.x. ISSN 0264-2824.
  6. FM, Peace. "Parliament – Nanton Constituency Election 2004 Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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