Modestus Yao Z. Ahiable

Modestus Yao Z. Ahiable (born 10 October 1048) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of parliament for Ketu North of the Volta Region Of Ghana.[1]

Hon.

Modestus Yao Z. Ahiable
Preceded byPrince R V K Ahiadzro
Succeeded byJames Klutse Avedzi
Member of Parliament for Ketu North Constituency
In office
7 January 1993 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
Born (1948-10-10) 10 October 1948
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma materSt. Francis Teacher Training College
ProfessionTeacher

Early life and education

He was born on 10 October 1948 in the Volta Region of Ghana. He attended St Francis Teacher Training College where he practiced as a teacher trainee.[1]

Career

He is a teacher by profession.[1]

Politics

He begun his political career as member of the National Democratic Congress.[2] He was elected into the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana on 7 Janauary 1993 after he was pronounced winner at the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election held on 29 December 1992.[3]

He was then re-elected as a member of parliament for Ketu North Constituency in the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. During the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections, He polled 35,308 votes out of the 38,390 valid votes cast represenring 74.30% over Samuel Kofi A. Dzamesi of the New Patriotic Party who polled 3,082 votes representing 6.50%.[4]

He won his seat with a total of 16,252 votes making 57% of the total votes cast that year.[5]

His constituency was a part of the 19 constituencies won by the National Democratic Congress in the Volta region in that elections.

2000 elections

Ahiable was elected as the member of parliament for the Ketu North constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[6][7] He won the elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[7]

His constituency was a part of the 17 parliamentary seats out of 19 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Volta Region.[8][9][10] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[8]

He was elected with 16,252 votes out of 29,698 total valid votes cast.[6] This was equivalent to 57% of the total valid votes cast.[7][6]

He was elected over Conor C. K. Dzakpasua an independent candidate, Akagla Prosper an independent candidate, Albert Korbla Avinu of the New Patriotic Party, Oscar S.Y. Dzramedo of the Convention People's Party, J.K. Wotordzor of the National Reformed Party, Kpemli K.K Christian of the People's National Convention and Kponyoh C. Kwasi of the United Ghana Movement.[7][6]

These obtained 5,696, 2,159, 1,802, 1,557, 716, 184 and 134 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast.[6] These were equivalent to 20%, 7.6%, 6.3%, 5.5%, 2.5%, 0.6% and 0.5% respectively of total valid votes cast.[7][6]

Personal life

He is a Godian.[1]

References
  1. "PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT<subtitle>An annotated bibliography of government publications for the 1990–91 parliamentary session</subtitle>". Parliamentary Affairs. January 1993. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052402. ISSN 1460-2482.
  2. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Volta Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992-1996. Ghana Publishing Corporation. 1993. p. 353.
  4. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Ketu North Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Volta Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  6. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results -Ketu North Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  7. Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 55.
  8. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  9. "Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992". Archived from the original on 2020-02-19.
  10. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Volta Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
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