Cecelia Bukari-Yakubu Explained
| Cecelia Bukari-Yakubu |
| Constituency Mp1: | Pusiga |
| Parliament1: | Ghana |
| Predecessor1: | New |
| Successor1: | Constituency abolished |
| Term Start1: | 1965 |
| Term End1: | 1966 |
| Constituency Mp2: | Member for the Northern Region and Upper Region |
| Parliament2: | Ghana |
| Term Start2: | 1960 |
| Term End2: | 1965 |
| Birth Name: | Cecelia Ayanori Bukari-Yakubu |
| Party: | Convention People's Party |
Cecelia Ayanori Bukari-Yakubu was a Ghanaian politician. She was the second member of parliament representing the Northern Region and Upper Region from 1960 to 1965 and the member of parliament for Pusiga from 1965 to 1966.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Bukari-Yakubu was among the first women to enter the parliament of Ghana in 1960 under the representation of the people (women members) act. She was among the 10 women who were elected unopposed on 27 June 1960 on the ticket Convention People's Party.[8] [9]
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Notes and References
- Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1 . Ghana National Assembly . 1962 . Parliamentary Debates.
- Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1 . 406 . Ghana National Assembly . 1963 . Parliamentary Debates.
- Ghana Year Book 1961 . 15 . Daily Graphic . 1961 . Ghana Year Book.
- New Ghana, Volumes 8–9 . Information Services Department Accra . 11 . 1964 . New Ghana.
- Book: Arhin, Kwame . The life and work of Kwame Nkrumah: papers of a symposium organized by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon . 1991 . Sedco . 9964721072 . 132.
- Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2 . Ghana National Assembly . 1965 . 8 and iv . Parliamentary Debates.
- Ghana Year Book . Daily Graphic . 24 . 1966 . Ghana Year Book.
- Web site: Ghana Today, Volumes 3–4 . Information Section, Ghana Office . 10 . 1959.
- Web site: Ghana Gazette page 19 . National government publication . 1960.
