David Apasera

David Asibi Ayindenaba Apasera is a Ghanaian politician. He was the presidential candidate for the People's National Convention (PNC) in the 2020 Ghanaian general election. He was member of parliament for Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana between 2001 and 2009.

David Apasera
People's National Convention candidate for
President of Ghana
Election date
7 December 2020
Running mateDivine Ayivor
Opponent(s)Nana Akufo-Addo (NPP)
John Mahama (NDC)
and 9 others
IncumbentNana Akufo-Addo (NPP)
Personal details
Born (1962-04-25) 25 April 1962
Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyPeople's National Convention
Children4
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSelf-employed
Known forLeader of Forum for Former Members of Parliament

Early life and education

Apasera was born in Ghana and went through his basic education in the country.[1][2]

Career

Apasera is a self-employed Ghanaian politician.[1]

Parliamentary elections

Apasera first run for elections in the 1996 Ghanaian general election where he contested the Bolgatanga constituency seat on the People's National Convention's (PNC) ticket. He came second with about 21% of the vote.[3] He however beat the incumbent MP, Simon Abingya of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2000 election for the same seat to become the Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga with 50.9% of the votes and with a majority of 7,575.[4][5] Apasera retained his seat in the 2004 general election, winning 38.6% of the total votes cast but with a reduced majority of 2,205 votes.[6][7] He was one of six MPs from the PNC and CPP together with an independent MP who went into alliance with the NPP in parliament in 2005.[8] In the 2008 general election, he came third, behind Emmanuel Akolbire of the NDC and Mercy Alima Musah of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) with 20.1% of the total votes cast. This brought his tenure as member of parliament for Bolgatanga to an end of the fourth parliament of the Fourth Republic on 6 January 2009.[9]

Before the 2012 election, the Bolgatanga constituency was reconfigured into the Bolgatanga Central and Bolgatanga East constituencies. Apasera beat Rockson Akugre by 100 votes to 83 for the PNC nomination to contest the Bolgatanga East seat.[10] He however failed to win, coming third with 13.1% of the votes.[11] Apasera contested the PNC primaries for the Bolgatanga East seat prior to the 2016 election. A dispute developed between him and Bernard Mornah, the PNC Chairman at the time. He accused Mornah of deleting his name from the list submitted by the party to the Electoral Commission of Ghana.[12][13] He ultimately did not make it onto the ballot box.[14][15]

Presidential election

In 2020 however, he managed to secure the nomination of the party to contest the 2020 Ghanaian general election as their presidential candidate. His running mate was Divine Ayivor.[16][17] He is one of twelve candidates for the election.[18]

Forum for Former Members of Parliament

David Apasera was the leader of the Forum for Former Members of Parliament. He lobbied hard for a form of pension scheme and other emoluments for former MPs.[19] He fought for the pension rights all the way to the Supreme Court of Ghana. Justice Gbadegbe, in his valedictory judgement declared as unconstitutional the Chinery Hesse report recommending the pensions which was the basis for his campaign.[20]

Personal life

Apasera is a Christian. He is married with four children.[2]

See also

References
  1. Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 165.
  2. "PNC to settle on David Apasera as flagbearer?". www.ghanaweb.com. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. "1996 Parliamentary Election Results" (PDF). Official website. Electoral Commission of Ghana. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. Electoral Commission of Ghana - Parliamentary Result - Election 2000. Accra: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 12 December 2007. p. 47.
  5. "REPUBLIC OF GHANA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 7 DECEMBER 2000 - Upper East Region". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Melbourne Australia: Adam Carr. Archived from the original on 15 July 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. "Elections 2004 - Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. November 2005. p. 184. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. "Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Election Results Date of Election:- Tuesday, 7th December 2004" (PDF). Stanford Web Archive Portal. Stanford, California: Stanford University. 12 December 2007. p. 44. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. Sam, Eben C. (15 January 2005). "PNC, CPP MPs opt for NPP". The Mirror (2614). Graphic Communications Group. p. 23. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. "Parliamentary Results Bolgatanga-Central (Upper East)". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. "PNC government would not take over state properties". GhanaSoccernet. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  11. "Parliamentary Results - Bolgatanga EastConstituency". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  12. "Bernard Mornah must resign; he's destroying PNC - Ex-MP". www.ghanaweb.com. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  13. Dokosi, Michael Eli (19 October 2016). "Boot Mornah out of PNC, he is a traitor – PNC Bolga East MP Aspirant". primenewsghana.com. Prime News Ghana. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  14. "Electoral Commission of Ghana - Detailed Parliamentary Election Results - Date of Election :- 7th & 8th December 2016" (PDF). Official website. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana. 27 December 2016. p. 73. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  15. "Parliamentary Results for Bolgatanga East". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  16. Salia, Albert (12 October 2020). "Who qualifies to contest Election 2020? EC decides on aspirants tomorrow". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  17. Yeboah, Isaac (10 November 2020). "PNC presidential candidate kicks off campaign from the North East Region". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  18. Frimpong, Enoch Darfah (20 October 2020). "Akufo-Addo is number 1, Mahama number 2 on 2020 ballot paper". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  19. "David Apasera On Why Former MPs Should Be Paid Their Salary Arrears Of Over GH¢29.7 Million". PeaceFM Online. 19 May 2000. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  20. "Justice Gbadegbe cries in Court as he retires". www.ghanaweb.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Edward Mahama		 People's National Convention presidential candidate
2020		 Most recent
Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by
Simon Abingya		 MP for Bolgatanga
2001 – 2009		 Succeeded by
Emmanuel Akolbire
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