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Baba Ayagiba was a
Ghanaian The Ghanaian people are a nation originating in the Gold Coast (region), Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 34 million people as of ...
politician in the first republic. He served as a member of parliament for the Bawku constituency from 1956 to 1966 when the
Nkrumah government Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister of Ghana, Prime Minister and first President of Ghana. Nkrumah had run governments under the supervision of the British government through Charles Arden-Clarke, the Governor-General. His first gover ...
was overthrown. He contested for the Bawku seat with
Adam Amandi Adam Amandi (1918–2006) was an Educationist, Farmer, Environmentalist and Ghanaian politician. He was a three-time Member of Parliament (1954, 1957, 1969), and a senior member of the Busia Administration. He was a true blue, blue blooded found ...
of the
Northern People's Party The Northern People's Party (NPP) was a political party in the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast which aimed to protect the interests of those in the Northern Region (Ghana), Northern region of Ghana. The NPP's leader was Simon Diedong Dom ...
who had represented the electoral area in the Legislative Assembly from 1954 to 1956. Prior to entering parliament, Ayagiba was a
public servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service offic ...
. He was a learner at the Agricultural Institute at Zuarungu. He qualified in 1950 and was appointed an Agricultural Assistant in the
Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...
. He remained in this position until he entered parliament in July 1956.


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List of MLAs elected in the 1956 Gold Coast legislative election This is a list of people elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Gold Coast on 17 July 1956. The membership was maintained at 104. Composition List of MPs elected in the general election General elections were held on to elect a parliame ...
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List of MPs elected in the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election This is a list of members of parliament appointed to represent the various constituencies of Ghana in 1965. Composition In 1964 a constitutional amendment was passed by the CPP majority in parliament to make the country a One-party state. All me ...


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