Bernard Ahiafor

Bernard Ahiafor (born 6 February 1973) is a Ghanaian politician and a Member of Parliament representing the Akatsi South constituency in the Volta Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).^[2][3]

Hon. Bernard Ahiafor
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Akatsi South
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2013
Preceded by	Edward Doe Adjaho
Majority	26,070[1]
Personal details
Born	(1973-02-06) 6 February 1973 (age 52)
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Alma mater	Abor Senior High School Keta Senior High Technical School; University of Ghana
Occupation	Member of Parliament
Profession	Lawyer

Personal life and education

Bernard Ahiafor hails from Atidzive. He obtained O-Levels at Abor Senior High School, and his bachelor's degree from the University of Ghana.^[4][5] He is a Christian. ^[6] He obtained PROF. LAW COURSE from GHANA SCH. OF LAW, Diploma in Applied Insurance from Ghana Insurance College, ADVANCE LEVEL from KETA SEC. SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCH from AKATSI R.C. MIDDLE SCH, ATIDZIVE L/A MID. SCH, ATIDZIVE R.C. PRIM. SCH.

Politics

Ahiafor is a member of the National Democratic Congress, representing Akatsi South in the Volta Region in the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. ^[3]

2012 election

Ahiafor first contested the Akatsi South constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during this constituency 2012 by-election, when the member parliament for the constituency Hon. Edward Doe Adjaho become the Speaker of parliament for Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He was elected with 12, 079 votes of the total votes. ^[7]

2016 election

Hon. Bernard Ahiafor was re- elected as a member of parliament for Akatsi South constituency on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won with 16,916 votes representing 56.34% of the total votes. He was elected over Evans Gadeto Djikunu (IND), Leo-Nelson Adzidoga of the New Patriotic Party, Ametame Japhet of the Progressive People's Party and Andreas Kwabla Avorgbedor of the Convention People's Party. They obtained 11,976 votes, 850 votes, 233 votes and 50 votes respectively, equivalent to 39.89%, 2.83%, 0.78% and 0.17% of the total votes respectively.^[8]

2020 election

Hon. Bernard Ahiafor again contested the Akatsi South (Ghana parliament constituency) parliamentary seat on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the 2020 Ghanaian general election and won with 31,624 votes representing 83.71% of the total votes. He won the parliamentary seat over Leo-Nelson Adzigdogah of the New Patriotic Party who pulled 5,550 votes, which is equivalent to 14.69%, parliamentary candidate for the Convention People's Party Atsa Maxwell Kwame Nana had 360 votes representing 0.95% and the parliamentary candidate for the NDP Sanusi Murana had 245 votes representing 0.65% of the total votes.^[9][10][11]

2024 election

Ahiafor again contested the Akatsi South (Ghana parliament constituency) parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana) during the 2024 Ghanaian general election. He won with 30,268 representing 88.69% of the total votes while the New Patriotic Party's candidate Egos Mawuli Ocloo polled 3,399 representing 9.96% of total votes cast. Dzameshi Donald Brown of the Progressive Alliance for Ghana polled 461, representing 1.65% of votes cast.^[12]

1st Deputy Speaker

Ahiafor was nominated by the majority caucus of Ghana's ninth parliament as the 1st deputy speaker of parliament.^[13]