Hawa Yakubu

Infobox MP
honorific-prefix =Hon.
name =Hawa Yakubu Ogede
honorific-suffix =


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constituency_MP =Bawku Central
parliament =
majority =874
term_start =January 2001
term_end =January 2005
predecessor =Fati Seidu
successor =Mahama Ayariga
constituency_MP2 =Bawku Central
parliament2 =
majority2 =
term_start2 =January 1993
term_end2 =January 1997
predecessor2 ="First Parliament of Fourth Republic"
successor2 =Fati Seidu
birth_date =24 March, 1948
birth_place =Tarkwa, Ghana
death_date =death date and age |2007|3|19|1948|3|24
death_place =London, England
nationality =flagicon|GHA Ghanaian
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party =Independent - 1993-1996
New Patriotic Party - 1996-2007
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Hawa Yakubu Ogede (24 March, 1948 - 19 March, 2007) was a Ghanaian politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the Fourth Republic of Ghana and was also a Minister for Tourism.

Hawa Yakubu was born at Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana. She died in London, England, due to cancer. [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=121118 |title="Iron lady" is no more |accessdate=2007-05-03 |work=General News of Tuesday, 20 March 2007 |publisher=Ghana Home Page]

Political career

In 1979, Yakubu was elected unopposed to her local council and was the youngest member of the constituent assembly which wrote the constitution of the Ghana's Third Republic. Yakubu fled to London then Nigeria when a military coup occurred in 1981, where she lived in opposition until 1991. In that year, Yakubu returned to Ghana and, in the following year, contested a seat in parliament from the Bawku Central district, which she won despite being an independent candidate. She then lost the seat under controversial circumstances and moved to Cotonou, Benin until 2000. In 2000, she returned to Ghana and won back her seat. In 2001 and 2002, she was appointed to be Minister of Tourism under President John Kufuor. She also served at this time as a Ghanaian representative to the ECOWAS parlimanent. Yakubu lost her parliament seat in 2004. At the time of her death in 2007, it was reported that she had been suffering from cancer for quite some time and had sought treatment in London and South Africa. She is survived by 3 children. Derek Ayebo from her first marriage and Amanda and Didi Ogede from her second marriage.

ource

* [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=121118 ""Iron lady" is no more", 20 March 2007, Ghanaweb.com]

References

External links

* [http://www.hawafoundation.org/poems.htm Hawafoundation.org]
* [http://allafrica.com/stories/200704110804.html "Ghana: Funeral Programme of Madam Hawa Yakubu" 11 April 2007, Ghanaian Chronicle]