Frank Abdulai Ayariga Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon
Frank Asumah Abdulai Ayariga
Constituency Mp:Bawku
Parliament:Ghana
Term Start:Sep 1979
Term End:Dec 1981
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:People's National Party
Spouse: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]

Family

Ayariga's family hails from Tinsungo in Bawku in the 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.[2]

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 2nd Wife is the MP for Bawku and a former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and later Education.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hassan Ayariga's Bio. Hassan Ayariga. 23 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120421013507/http://www.hassanayariga.com/hassan.main/about/bio.html. 21 April 2012.
  2. Web site: Hassan Abdulai Ayariga. Election Results. Daily Graphic Online. 23 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130909063209/http://graphic.com.gh/Election-Results-Collation-Center/hassan-abdulai-ayariga.html. 9 September 2013.
  3. Web site: Presidential candidates. Electoral Commission of Ghana. 23 January 2013. 20 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140720030237/http://www.ec.gov.gh/page.php?page=503&section=49&typ=1. dead.
  4. Web site: President Mills reshuffles Deputy Ministers, appoints new DCEs. News. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. 23 January 2013.