Abdulai Yakubu Explained

Abdulai Yakubu
Constituency Mp:Savelugu
Parliament:Ghana
Term Start:1969
Term End:1972
President:Edward Akufo-Addo
Primeminister:Kofi Abrefa Busia
Birth Date:1929 5, df=y
Nationality:Ghanaian
Alma Mater:Tamale Middle Boarding School
Occupation:Traditional ruler and a Farmer

Abdulai Yakubu (born 6 May 1929) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing Savelugu constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana under the membership of the National Alliance Liberals (NAL)[1]

Early life and education

Abdulai was born on 6 May 1929 and lived in Yendi a town in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana.[2] He attended Tamale Middle Boarding School, where he obtained a Middle School Leaving Certificate and later served as a Traditional ruler and a Farmer before going into Parliament.

Politics

Yakubu began his political career in 1969 when he became the parliamentary candidate for the NAL to represent his constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana prior to the commencement of the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election.[3]

Yakubu was sworn into the First Parliament of the Second Republic of Ghana on 1 October 1969, after being pronounced winner at the 1969 Ghanaian election held on 26 August 1969. His tenure of office as a member of parliament ended on 13 January 1972.[4]

Personal life

Yakubu was a Muslim.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ghana Parliamentary Register 1969-70.. Office of the National Assembly, Accra.. 1969. 315.
  2. Book: March, 2002, Ghana Commission of Inquiry into the Yendi Disturbances of 25th-27th. The Commission of Inquiry (Yendi Events): C.I.36/2002 : Wuaku Commission. 2002. Republic of Ghana. en.
  3. Book: Ghana Year Book. 1971. Daily Graphic. en.
  4. Book: Assembly, Ghana National. Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. 1970. Ghana Publishing Corporation. en.