Shaibu Mahama

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Shaibu Mahama
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency
Personal details
Born (1970-10-15) 15 October 1970 (age 53)
Ghana
Political 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]

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Early life and education

Mahama was born on 15 October 1970. He hails from Daboya, a town in the Northern Region of Ghana. [2] He went to Leicester Business School in the United Kingdom, where he obtained his Master of Business Administration degree in finance in 2001. [2] He also studied at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and obtained a Bachelor of Commerce with Diploma in Education in 1997. [2] He also attended Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and Ghana School of Law, in 2008 and 2010 respectively. [2]

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. [1]

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. [3]

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. [4] [5]

Employment

Personal life

Mahama is a Muslim, and is married with five children. Has five biological sibblings. with over 90 paternal sibblings. [2] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Kalba, Shaibu Mahama". GhanaMps. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. ↑ FM, Peace. "Daboya Mankarigu Constituency Results - Election 2016". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Parliamentary Results for Daboya-mankarigu". MobileGhanaWeb. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  5. ↑ FM, Peace. "Daboya Mankarigu Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Shaibu Mahama, Biography". MobileGhanaWeb. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 25 September 2024.


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