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Ben Abdallah Banda (born August 15, 1971) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Offinso South Constituency in the
Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in the southern part of Ghana and is the third largest of Regions of Ghana, 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of and making up 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the List of ...
on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.


Early life and education

Banda was born on August 15, 1971. He hails from Abofour-Offinso a town in the
Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in the southern part of Ghana and is the third largest of Regions of Ghana, 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of and making up 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the List of ...
of
Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
. He obtained his bachelor's degree in law from the
University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It is the oldest public university in the country. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the British colony of the Gold Coast ...
in 1998. He also earned a bachelor of law degree from the Ghana School of Law in 2000.


Politics

Banda is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Offinso South Constituency in the
Ashanti region The Ashanti Region is located in the southern part of Ghana and is the third largest of Regions of Ghana, 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of and making up 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the List of ...
of
Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
on the ticket of the
New Patriotic Party The New Patriotic Party (NPP; ) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian ...
. He served as a Member of Parliament for the Offinso South Constituency for three consecutive terms from 2009 to 2021. He was the chairperson of the Judiciary Committee. He also served as the chairperson of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee and a member of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee.


Employment

Banda is a lawyer. He is a partner at Obeng Manu Law Firm, Kumasi. On June 30, 2021 President Akufo-Addo named Ben Abdallah Banda as the Presidential Coordinator for the Zongo Development Fund, underscoring his commitment to the advancement of Zongo communities in Ghana. On February 15, 2023, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Hajj Board by President Akufo-Addo following the reconstitution of the previous board. This appointment is to ensure the seamless execution of the Hajj pilgrimage.


Personal life

Banda is Muslim. He is married with three children.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Banda, Ben Abdallah Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 1971 births Living people Ghanaian Muslims New Patriotic Party politicians University of Ghana alumni 21st-century Ghanaian lawyers