David Apasera Explained

David Apasera
Election Date:7 December 2020
Runningmate:Divine Ayivor
Incumbent:Nana Akufo-Addo (NPP)
Birth Date:25 April 1962
Nationality:Ghanaian
Children:4
Occupation:Politician
Known For:Leader of Forum for Former members of parliament
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David Asibi Ayindenaba Apasera is a Ghanaian politician. He was the presidential candidate for the People's National Convention (PNC) in the 2020 Ghanaian general election. He was member of parliament for Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana between 2001 and 2009.

Early life and education

Apasera was born in Ghana and went through his basic education in the country.[1] [2]

Career

Apasera is a self-employed Ghanaian politician.

Parliamentary elections

Apasera first run for elections in the 1996 Ghanaian general election where he contested the Bolgatanga constituency seat on the People's National Convention's (PNC) ticket. He came second with about 21% of the vote.[3] He however beat the incumbent MP, Simon Abingya of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2000 election for the same seat to become the Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga with 50.9% of the votes and with a majority of 7,575.[4] [5] Apasera retained his seat in the 2004 general election, winning 38.6% of the total votes cast but with a reduced majority of 2,205 votes.[6] [7] He was one of six MPs from the PNC and CPP together with an independent MP who went into alliance with the NPP in parliament in 2005.[8] In the 2008 general election, he came third, behind Emmanuel Akolbire of the NDC and Mercy Alima Musah of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) with 20.1% of the total votes cast. This brought his tenure as member of parliament for Bolgatanga to an end of the fourth parliament of the Fourth Republic on 6 January 2009.[9]

Before the 2012 election, the Bolgatanga constituency was reconfigured into the Bolgatanga Central and Bolgatanga East constituencies. Apasera beat Rockson Akugre by 100 votes to 83 for the PNC nomination to contest the Bolgatanga East seat.[10] He however failed to win, coming third with 13.1% of the votes.[11] Apasera contested the PNC primaries for the Bolgatanga East seat prior to the 2016 election. A dispute developed between him and Bernard Mornah, the PNC chairman at the time. He accused Mornah of deleting his name from the list submitted by the party to the Electoral Commission of Ghana.[12] [13] He ultimately did not make it onto the ballot box.[14] [15]

Presidential election

In 2020 however, he managed to secure the nomination of the party to contest the 2020 Ghanaian general election as their presidential candidate. His running mate was Divine Ayivor.[16] [17] He is one of twelve candidates for the election.[18]

Forum for Former members of parliament

David Apasera was the leader of the Forum for Former members of parliament. He lobbied hard for a form of pension scheme and other emoluments for former MPs.[19] He fought for the pension rights all the way to the Supreme Court of Ghana. Justice Gbadegbe, in his valedictory judgement declared as unconstitutional the Chinery Hesse report recommending the pensions which was the basis for his campaign.[20]

Personal life

Apasera is a Christian. He is married with four children.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004–2008. The Office of Parliament. 2004. Ghana. 165.
  2. Web site: 30 June 2020 . PNC to settle on David Apasera as flagbearer? . 3 August 2020 . Ghanaweb . en.
  3. Web site: 1996 Parliamentary Election Results . Official website . . 9 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125901/http://www.ec.gov.gh/userfiles/1996%20Parliamentary%20Election%20Results.pdf . 17 July 2011 . 12 . en . dead.
  4. Book: Electoral Commission of Ghana – Parliamentary Result – Election 2000 . 12 December 2007 . Friedrich Ebert Stiftung . Accra . 47 . en .
  5. Web site: REPUBLIC OF GHANA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 7 DECEMBER 2000 – Upper East Region . Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive . Adam Carr . 9 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050715101938/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/ghana/ghana9.txt . 15 July 2005 . Melbourne Australia . dead.
  6. Web site: Elections 2004 – Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections . Friedrich Ebert Stiftung . Electoral Commission of Ghana with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung . 9 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027035042/http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ghana/03610.pdf . 27 October 2020 . Accra . 184 . en . November 2005 . live.
  7. Web site: Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Election Results Date of Election:- Tuesday, 7th December 2004 . Stanford Web Archive Portal . Stanford University . 9 December 2020 . https://swap.stanford.edu/20121211163203/http%3A//results.ec.gov.gh/assets/file/2004ParliamentaryDetResults.pdf . 11 December 2012 . Stanford, California . 44 . en . 12 December 2007 . bot: unknown .
  8. News: Sam . Eben C. . PNC, CPP MPs opt for NPP . 9 December 2020 . The Mirror . 2614 . Graphic Communications Group . 15 January 2005 . 23 . en.
  9. Web site: Parliamentary Results Bolgatanga-Central (Upper East) . 9 December 2020 . Ghanaweb.
  10. Web site: PNC government would not take over state properties . GhanaSoccernet . 9 December 2020 . en . 19 June 2012.
  11. Web site: Parliamentary Results – Bolgatanga EastConstituency . 9 December 2020 . Ghanaweb.
  12. Web site: 18 October 2016 . Bernard Mornah must resign; he's destroying PNC – Ex-MP . 9 December 2020 . Ghanaweb . en.
  13. Web site: Dokosi . Michael Eli . 19 October 2016 . Boot Mornah out of PNC, he is a traitor – PNC Bolga East MP Aspirant . 28 October 2020 . Prime News Ghana.
  14. Web site: Electoral Commission of Ghana – Detailed Parliamentary Election Results – Date of Election :- 7th & 8th December 2016 . Official website . Electoral Commission of Ghana . 28 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026004342/https://ec.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2016-Parliamentary-Results.pdf . 26 October 2020 . Accra . 73 . 27 December 2016 . live.
  15. Web site: Parliamentary Results for Bolgatanga East . 28 October 2020 . GhanaWeb.
  16. Web site: Salia . Albert . 12 October 2020 . Who qualifies to contest Election 2020? EC decides on aspirants tomorrow . 28 October 2020 . Graphic Online .
  17. Web site: Yeboah . Isaac . 10 November 2020 . PNC presidential candidate kicks off campaign from the North East Region . 9 December 2020 . Graphic Communications Group Ltd. . en-gb.
  18. Web site: Frimpong . Enoch Darfah . 20 October 2020 . Akufo-Addo is number 1, Mahama number 2 on 2020 ballot paper . 28 October 2020 . Graphic Communications Group Ltd.
  19. Web site: David Apasera On Why Former MPs Should Be Paid Their Salary Arrears Of Over GH¢29.7 Million . PeaceFM Online . 9 December 2020 . 19 May 2000.
  20. Web site: 3 December 2020 . Justice Gbadegbe cries in Court as he retires . 9 December 2020 . Ghanaweb . en.

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