Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
In office 16 March 2015 – 7 January 2017
President
John Dramani Mahama
Succeeded by
Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng
Minister for Youth and Sports
In office 16 July 2014 – 14 March 2015
President
John Dramani Mahama
Succeeded by
Mustapha Ahmed
Minister for Information
In office 30 January 2013 – 16 July 2014
President
John Dramani Mahama
Succeeded by
(merged with Minister for Communications from 16 July 2014) Edward Omane Boamah
Deputy Minister of Education
In office 16 February 2011 – 7 January 2013
President
John Evans Atta Mills John Dramani Mahama
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
In office 2010–2011
President
John Evans Atta Mills
Member of Parliament for Bawku
In office 7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
Personal details
Born
(1974-05-12) 12 May 1974 (age 49) Bawku, Ghana
Nationality
Ghanaian
Political party
National Democratic Congress
Relations
Frank Abdulai Ayariga (father) Hassan Ayariga (brother)
Education
University of Ghana Harvard Law School
Profession
Lawyer
Committees
Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Environment, Science and Technology Committee, Appointments Committee
Mahama Ayariga (born 12 May 1974) is a lawyer and politician in Ghana. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He was the Minister of Information and Media Relations and the Minister of Youth and Sports under the John Dramani Mahama administration. He is currently the Member of Parliament representing Bawku Central constituency of the Upper East Region of Ghana in the 4th, 6th and 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[1][2]
^"Parliament of Ghana". parliament of ghana. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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MahamaAyariga (born 12 May 1974) is a lawyer and politician in Ghana. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He was the Minister of Information...
Mahama is an African given name and surname. People with this name include: Mahama Awal, Cameroonian footballer MahamaAyariga, Ghanaian politician Mahama...
January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013. "Mahama sends first Ministerial appointees to Parliament; Oye Lithur, Ayariga in". General news. 11 January 2013. Retrieved...
capacity until President Mahama replaced Mills. In February 2013, he was appointed Minister for Youth and Sports by Mahama. In July 2014, he became a...
from Ayariga for the 2016 election. After the defeat, Ayariga left the PNC to form another party, the All People's Congress (APC). Edward Mahama is currently...
Agyarko's ministerial confirmation in February 2017, he was accused by MahamaAyariga at the parliamentary appointment committee of bribing members of the...
The presidency of John Mahama began on 24 July 2012 and ended on 7 January 2017. John became the 4th President of the Ghanaian Fourth Republic after he...
Convention in the Ghanaian presidential election in December 2012. MahamaAyariga, a younger son of his 2nd Wife is the MP for Bawku and a former Deputy...
round after securing a majority of the votes. Former President John Dramani Mahama announced that he would contest the results. At the Supreme Court, a petition...
Modernghana.com. Retrieved May 28, 2015. Myjoyonline (14 July 2011). "MahamaAyariga Pays Working Visit to Right to Dream Academy". Myjoyonline.com. Archived...
Peace FM. Retrieved 16 December 2020. "Mahama sends first Ministerial appointees to Parliament; Oye Lithur, Ayariga in". General news. Ghana Home Page. 11...
MahamaAyariga. The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice was petitioned by a pressure group in September 2009 to investigate Mahama Ayariga...
Party Majority Previous MP Previous Party Bawku Central MahamaAyariga NDC 2,324 MahamaAyariga NDC Binduri Abdulai Abanga NPP 454 Robert Baba Kuganab-Lem...
was petitioned by a pressure group in September 2009 to investigate MahamaAyariga for acquiring 5 subsidized tractors from the ministry of Agriculture...
won the 2020 presidential election against former president, John Dramani Mahama, by a margin of 4.23%. He was sworn into office for his second term on 7...
President John Dramani Mahama to serve as deputy Minister to then Minister MahamaAyariga, in the Ministry of Information and Media Relations. After serving in...
one vote. Competing for presidency were incumbent president John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), his main challenger Nana Akufo-Addo...
2004, she was replaced by MahamaAyariga as the parliamentary candidate of the NDC for the Bawku Central constituency. Ayariga went on to win the seat during...
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