Salifu Yakubu

Salifu Yakubu was a Ghanaian politician and diplomat. He was the member of parliament for the Savelugu constituency from 1956 to 1966. While in parliament, he doubled as Ghana's ambassador to Mali from 1961 until 1968.

Salifu Yakubu
Ghana Ambassador to Mali
In office
1961–1968
Nominated byDr Kwame Nkrumah
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byK. Sam-Ghartey
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Savelugu
In office
1956 – February 1966
Preceded byBukhari Sumani[1]
Succeeded byAbdulai Yakubu
Personal details
Born(1919-11-15)15 November 1919
Accra, Gold Coast
NationalityGhanaian
Political party
Alma materAchimota College

Early life and career

Yakubu had his early education at Tamale Government School from 1929 to 1938.[2] He continued at Achimota College where he pursued a course in Arts and Crafts, graduating in 1940.[3]

Career

Yakubu joined the teaching staff of Tamale Middle School in 1940 and taught there for a year before joining the Police Force of the Gold Coast.[3] He served as a police officer rising to the rank of a sergeant until his retirement on 12 July 1956.[3]

Politics and ambassadorial appointment

Following his retirement from the Police Force, Yakubu ventured politics. He stood for the Savelugu parliamentary seat on the ticket of the Northern People's Party and won in 1956.[4] He remained a member of the Northern People's Party until 1958 when he crossed carpets in parliament to join the Convention People's Party.[5]

In 1961, Yakubu was appointed Ghana's ambassador to Mali.[6][7] He served in that capacity until his imprisonment on 30 December 1968 on two counts of embezzlement.[8] While serving as Ghana's ambassador, Yakubu remained a member of parliament for Savelugu until February 1966 when the Nkrumah government was overthrown.[9]

He died at the Tamale Teaching Hospital due to an illness.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Debates, Issue 2". Gold Coast Legislative Assembly. 1954: 1. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "The Diplomatic Press Directory of the Republic of Ghana, Volume 2". The Diplomatic Press Directory of the Republic of Ghana. Diplomatic Press and Publishing Company: 206. 1960.
  3. "The Diplomatic Press Directory of the Republic of Ghana, Volume 2". The Diplomatic Press Directory of the Republic of Ghana. Diplomatic Press and Publishing Company: 206. 1960.
  4. "Debates, Part 2". Debates. Gold Coast Legislative Assembly: XV and xxxiii. 1956.
  5. "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 4". Ghana National Assembly. 1957: 254. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 21–22 (Report). United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1963. p. I 3.
  7. Steinburg, S. (27 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1962: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. p. 513. ISBN 9780230270916.
  8. "Africa Report, Volume 13". African-American Institute. 1968: 38. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly: vi. 1965.
  10. Buser, Hans (2011). In Ghana at Independence: Stories of a Swiss Salesman. p. 20. ISBN 9783905758191.
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