Frank Abdulai Ayariga: Difference between revisions

Hon
Frank Asumah Abdulai Ayariga
Hon Frank Asumah Abdulai Ayariga
Member of the Ghana Parliament; for Bawku
	In office; Sep 1979 – Dec 1981
Personal details
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	People's National Party
Spouse	Anatu Ayariga
Relations	Hassan Ayariga; Mahama Ayariga
Children	11
Profession	Politician

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 06:33, 23 November 2024

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]^[2]

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.^[1]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hassan Abdulai Ayariga". Election Results. Daily Graphic Online. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
^ "Hassan Ayariga's Bio". Hassan Ayariga. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
^ "Presidential candidates". Electoral Commission of Ghana. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
^ "President Mills reshuffles Deputy Ministers, appoints new DCEs". News. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

Parliament of Ghana
New title	MP for Bawku 1979 – 1981	parliament dissolved after coup

[Daily_Graphic_Online-1] "Hassan Abdulai Ayariga". Election Results. Daily Graphic Online. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

[2] "Hassan Ayariga's Bio". Hassan Ayariga. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

[3] "Presidential candidates". Electoral Commission of Ghana. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

[4] "President Mills reshuffles Deputy Ministers, appoints new DCEs". News. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Short description|Ghanaian politician}}
-{{Infobox MP
+{{Use Ghanaian English|date=January 2023}}
+{{Infobox officeholder
 |honorific-prefix = Hon
 |name        = Frank Asumah Abdulai Ayariga
@@ Line 36: / Line 38: @@
 |committees         =
 |portfolio          =
-|religion           = [[Islam]]
 |signature          =
 |signature_alt      =
@@ Line 46: / Line 47: @@
 ==Politics==
-Ayariga was a member of the [[People's National Party (Ghana)|People's National Party]] which was also formed the government in power between 1979 and 1981. Following the overthrow of [[Hilla Limann]]'s [[Limann government|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<ref name="Daily Graphic Online"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Hassan Ayariga's Bio|url=http://www.hassanayariga.com/hassan.main/about/bio.html|publisher=[[Ayariga Hassan|Hassan Ayariga]]|accessdate=23 January 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421013507/http://www.hassanayariga.com/hassan.main/about/bio.html|archivedate=21 April 2012|df=}}</ref>
+Ayariga was a member of the [[People's National Party (Ghana)|People's National Party]] which was also formed the government in power between 1979 and 1981. Following the overthrow of [[Hilla Limann]]'s [[Limann government|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.<ref name="Daily Graphic Online"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Hassan Ayariga's Bio|url=http://www.hassanayariga.com/hassan.main/about/bio.html|publisher=[[Ayariga Hassan|Hassan Ayariga]]|accessdate=23 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421013507/http://www.hassanayariga.com/hassan.main/about/bio.html|archivedate=21 April 2012}}</ref>
 ==Family==
-Ayariga's family hails from Tinsungo in Bawku in [[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.<ref name="Daily Graphic Online">{{cite web|title=Hassan Abdulai Ayariga|url=http://graphic.com.gh/Election-Results-Collation-Center/hassan-abdulai-ayariga.html|work=Election Results|publisher=Daily Graphic Online|accessdate=23 January 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909063209/http://graphic.com.gh/Election-Results-Collation-Center/hassan-abdulai-ayariga.html|archivedate=9 September 2013|df=}}</ref>
+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.<ref name="Daily Graphic Online">{{cite web|title=Hassan Abdulai Ayariga|url=http://graphic.com.gh/Election-Results-Collation-Center/hassan-abdulai-ayariga.html|work=Election Results|publisher=Daily Graphic Online|accessdate=23 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909063209/http://graphic.com.gh/Election-Results-Collation-Center/hassan-abdulai-ayariga.html|archivedate=9 September 2013}}</ref>
-His third child, [[Ayariga Hassan|Hassan Ayariga]] was the Presidential candidate for the [[People's National Convention (Ghana)|People's National Convention]] in the Ghanaian presidential election in [[Ghanaian general election, 2012|December 2012]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential candidates|url=http://www.ec.gov.gh/page.php?page=503&section=49&typ=1|publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Ghana]]|accessdate=23 January 2013}}</ref>  [[Mahama Ayariga]], a younger son of his is the MP for Bawku and a former Deputy Minister for Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and later Education.<ref>{{cite web|title=President Mills reshuffles Deputy Ministers, appoints new DCEs|url=http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.293485|work=News|publisher=[[Ghana Broadcasting Corporation]]|accessdate=23 January 2013}}</ref>
+His third child, [[Ayariga Hassan|Hassan Ayariga]] was the presidential candidate for the [[People's National Convention (Ghana)|People's National Convention]] in the Ghanaian presidential election in [[2012 Ghanaian general election|December 2012]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential candidates|url=http://www.ec.gov.gh/page.php?page=503&section=49&typ=1|publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Ghana]]|accessdate=23 January 2013|archive-date=20 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720030237/http://www.ec.gov.gh/page.php?page=503&section=49&typ=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>  [[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.<ref>{{cite web|title=President Mills reshuffles Deputy Ministers, appoints new DCEs|url=http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.293485|work=News|publisher=[[Ghana Broadcasting Corporation]]|accessdate=23 January 2013}}</ref>
 ==See also==
@@ Line 70: / Line 71: @@
 [[Category:Year of death unknown]]
 [[Category:People's National Party (Ghana) politicians]]
-[[Category:Ghanaian MPs 1979–81]]
+[[Category:Ghanaian MPs 1979–1981]]
-[[Category:20th-century Ghanaian people]]