Isaac Adongo

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The Right Honourable
Isaac Adongo
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Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Bolgatanga Central
Assumed office
7 January 2016
Personal details
Born (1972-10-12) 12 October 1972 (age 51)
Bolgatanga, Ghana
Political party National Democratic Congress
Alma mater Institute of Chartered Accountants [1]
University of Ghana
Occupation Politician
CommitteesFinance, Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee

Isaac Adongo (born 12 October 1972) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the 8th Ghanaian Parliament representing the Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Adongo hails from Bolgatanga. He is a graduate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the University of Ghana. [6]

Career

Adongo was first elected in 2016 and then was re-elected in 2020. He is a Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee. [7]

He came to international attention in 2022 for his criticism of the Vice-President of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia, because of the way he used the Manchester United and England national team footballer Harry Maguire as an object of comparison in his speech to attack the economic record of the Vice-President, whom he called an "economic Maguire". He likened the Vice-President's attempts to restore the value of the Ghanaian currency, the Cedi, to Maguire's tendency to score own goals. [8] He subsequently apologised in November 2023. [9]

Politics

Adongo is a member of the National Democratic Congress and a member of parliament for Bolgatanga central constituency in the Seventh and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [10]

2016 election

Adongo contested the Bolgatanga central constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won the election with 25,042 votes representing 51.41% of the total votes. He won the election over Asanga Rex Simeon Atareyella of the New Patriotic Party, Thomas Akurugu of the PNC, Sampson Ayindongo Akolgo of the PPP, Abdul-Rahman Latifa of the Convention People's Party and Ayamga Richard of the APC. They obtained 15,610 votes, 431 votes, 288 votes, 174 votes and 169 votes respectively, equivalent to 32.04%, 15.25%, 0.59%, 0.36% and.0.35% of the total votes respectively. [11] [12]

2020 election

Isaac was re- elected as a member of parliament for Bolgatanga central (Ghana parliament constituency ) during the 2020 Ghanaian general election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He was elected with 36,726 votes representing 64.45% of the total votes. He won the election over Rex Simeon Atareyella Asanga of the New Patriotic Party who polled 19,794 votes which is equivalent to 34.84%, parliamentary candidate for the LPG Francis Ayadogo had 237 votes representing 0.42% and the parliamentary candidate for the Convention People's Party Abdul-Rahman Latifa had 214 votes representing 0.38% of the total votes. [13] [14] [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Adongo, Isaac". ghanamps.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ghana MPs - List of MPs". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Isaac Adongo, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Collapse ABFA, Stabilisation Fund into sinking fund — Isaac Adongo". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "PROFILE: Hon. Isaac Adongo" . Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  7. ↑ Owusu Kumi, Samuel (23 September 2023). "Adongo: NIB too important to collapse, govt must restructure balance sheet". CNR. Citinewsroom. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Harry Maguire: England and Manchester United star mocked in Ghanaian parliament". Sky News. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Harry Maguire: Ghana MP Isaac Adongo sorry for mocking Manchester United star". BBC News . 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  11. ↑ FM, Peace. "Bolgatanga Central Constituency Results - Election 2016". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "Las Vegas Sands Corp., a Nevada corporation, Plaintiff, v. Unknown Registrants of www.wn0000.com, www.wn1111.com, www.wn2222.com, www.wn3333.com, www.wn4444.com, www.wn5555.com, www.wn6666.com, www.wn7777.com, www.wn8888.com, www.wn9999.com, www.112211.com, www.4456888.com, www.4489888.com, www.001148.com, and www.2289888.com, Defendants". Gaming Law Review and Economics. 20 (10): 859–868. December 2016. doi:10.1089/glre.2016.201011. ISSN   1097-5349.
  13. ↑ FM, Peace. "Bolgatanga Central Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  14. ↑ "Bolgatanga Central – Election Data Center – The Ghana Report" . Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "Parliamentary Results for Bolgatanga Central". mobile.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "Isaac Adongo retains Bolgatanga Central seat". Ghana News Agency. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2023.


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