Shaibu Mahama Explained

Shaibu Mahama
Constituency Mp:Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency
Parliament:Ghana
Birth Date:1970 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:National Democratic Congress
Alma Mater:University of Cape Coast
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Ghana School of Law

Shaibu Mahama (born 15 October 1970) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency in Ghana's Northern Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[1]

Early life and education

Mahama was born on 15 October 1970. He hails from Daboya, a town in the Northern Region of Ghana. He went to Leicester Business School in the United Kingdom, where he obtained his Master of Business Administration degree in finance in 2001. He also studied at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and obtained a Bachelor of Commerce with Diploma in Education in 1997. He also attended Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and Ghana School of Law, in 2008 and 2010 respectively.

Politics

Mahama is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In 2016, he contested the Daboya-Mankarigu seat on the ticket of the NDC Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and won.

2016 election

Mahama contested the Daboya-Mankarigu parliamentary seat on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won with 9,208 votes representing 51.46% over Tika Samuel Yeyu of the New Patriotic Party who pulled 8,589 votes, which is equivalent to 48.00% and the parliamentary candidate for the Convention People's Party Alidu Mahama had 95 votes representing 0.53% of the total votes.[2]

2020 election

Mahama again contested the Daboya- Mankarigu (Ghana parliament constituency) on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the 2020 Ghanaian general election but lost the election to Mahama Asei Seini of the New Patriotic Party.[3] [4]

Employment

Personal life

Mahama is a Muslim, and is married with five children.Has five biological sibblings. with over 90 paternal sibblings.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliament of Ghana . 2019-02-15 . Parliament Of Ghana.
  2. Web site: FM . Peace . Daboya Mankarigu Constituency Results - Election 2016 . 2023-11-10 . Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  3. Web site: Parliamentary Results for Daboya-mankarigu . 2023-11-10 . MobileGhanaWeb.
  4. Web site: FM . Peace . Daboya Mankarigu Constituency Results - Election 2020 . 2023-11-10 . Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  5. Web site: Shaibu Mahama, Biography . 2023-11-10 . MobileGhanaWeb..
  6. Web site: Ghana MPs - MP Details - Kalba, Shaibu Mahama . 2020-02-09 . GhanaMps..