Mohammed Adamu Ramadan

Mohammed Adamu Ramadan is a Ghanaian politician. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[1][2] He is the member of parliament for the Adenta Constituency.[3]

Hon.

Mohammed Adamu Ramadan
Member of Parliament for
Adenta Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
RelationsAhmed Ramadan (father)
Samira Bawumia (sister)

Politics

In the 2016 Parliamentary elections Ramadan stood for the National Democratic Congress in the Adenta Constituency and lost to the New Patriotic Party's Yaw Buaben Asamoa.[4] He once again stood for the primaries for the NDC and won to represent them in the 2020 Elections.[5] He won against a former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur. He won by polling 730 votes against her 559 votes to be declared winner.

In his second bid to win the Adenta Constituency seat, he won against the incumbent member of parliament Yaw Buaben Asamoah who he contested against in the 2016 elections, He managed to poll 53,275 votes as against 41,691 votes by him.

Personal life

He is the first child of Ahmed Ramadan former chairman of People's National Convention (PNC) and the elder brother of Ghana's Second Lady Samira Bawumia.[6][7] Prior to entering politics, he worked with the former national airlines Ghana Airways and Ghana International Airlines.

References
  1. Hamza, Paramza Kofi (30 March 2020). "Adenta Residents Welcome Mohammed Adamu Ramadan For Coronavirus Fight". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  2. Emmanuel, kojo (2019-07-19). "Ignore the detractors; Ramadan is the most trusted candidate to lead us to victory - Adentan NDC". Pulse Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  3. "Parliamentary Results For Greater Accra Region". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  4. FM, Peace. "2016 Election - Adenta Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  5. "#NDCDecides: Delegates snub Oye Lithur for Adamu Ramadan in Adentan". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  6. Okyere, Gertrude (2020-03-10). "Samira Bawumia's NDC brother you need to know about". Adomonline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  7. Qwame, Benedict (2020-12-08). "Samira Bawumia's brother representing the NDC floors NPP's Yaw Buaben Asamoah at Adentan". GhPage. Retrieved 2020-12-18.


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