Moses Asaga

Moses Aduku Asaga is a Ghanaian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Nabdam in the Upper East Region of Ghana from 1997 to 2013. He lost the seat in the December 2012 elections to Boniface Agambilla of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) [1] who has stood against him in the 2008 election but lost. He was also a Minister for Employment and Social Welfare in Ghana.[2] He was appointed in early 2012 following a cabinet reshuffle by President Mills.[3] Moses Asaga had been nominated for a ministerial position in 2009 but was withdrawn following a controversy about some ex-gratia awards he had authorised.[4] After John Dramani Mahama won the 2012 General Elections, he replaced Moses Asaga with Nii Armah Ashietey as Minister of Employment and Social Welfare.[5] He was then given the position as the C.E.O of the National Petroleum Authority in 2013 by former president John Dramani Mahama

Hon. Moses Asaga
Member of Parliament for Nabdam Constituency
In office 7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
President	John Atta Mills John Mahama
Member of Parliament for Nabdam Constituency
In office 7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
President	John Kufuor
Personal details
Born	(1957-06-01) 1 June 1957
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Alma mater	Durham University, University of Aberdeen, Yonsei University
Profession	Economist/ Banker

Early life and Education

Moses Asaga holds a BSc in Industrial Chemistry from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He also holds a MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Aberdeen University and MBA, Finance from Yonsei University. In addition to that he has MPhil in Financial Economics from Durham University, United Kingdom.[6]

Career

Asaga is an economist and a banker.[7] He was the manager and project financier of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) in Tema.[8]

Political Career

Asaga is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[8] He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004.[9] He is the MP for Nabdam constituency.[10][7] He has been elected as the member of parliament for this constituency in fourth and fifth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[9][11]

Elections

Asaga was elected as the member of parliament for the Nabdam constituency of the Upper East Region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[12][9] He won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[12][9] His constituency was a part of the 9 parliamentary seats out of 13 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Upper East Region.[13] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[14] He was elected with 6,450 votes out of 10,778 total valid votes cast.[12][9] This was equivalent to 59.8% of total valid votes cast.[9][12] He was elected over Somtim Tobiga of the Peoples’ National Convention, Boniface Gambila Adagbila of the New Patriotic Party and Tampure Ayenyeta William of the Convention People’s Party.[9][12] These obtained 1,002, 3,227 and 99 votes respectively of total votes cast.[12][9] These were equivalent to 9.3%, 29.9% and 0.9% respectively of total valid votes cast.[12][9]

In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress for the same constituency.[8] His constituency was part of the 8 parliamentary seats out of 13 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Upper East Region.[15] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 114 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[15] He was elected with 5,369 votes out of 11,230 total valid votes cast.[16][11] This was equivalent to 47.81% of total valid votes cast.[11][16] He was elected over Boniface Agambila Adagbila of the New Patriotic Party, Somtim Tobiga of the People's National Convention and Tampugre Ayenyeta William of the Convention People’s Party.[11][16] These obtained 45.39%, 6.37% and 0.44% respectively of the total votes cast.[11][16]

Personal life

Asaga is a Christain Catholic.[8]

See also

• List of Mills government ministers
• Nabdam constituency
• National Democratic Congress

References

2. "Mills tasks new ministers to excel". General news. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
3. "Full Text Of Reshuffle By President Mills". General News. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
4. "Returnee Moses Asaga: Hard work pays". General News. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
6. "GCB Directors". GCB. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
7. Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 179.
8. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Asaga, Moses". web.archive.org. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
9. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Nabdam Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
10. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Bawku Central Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
11. Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Nabdam Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
12. Elections 2004; Ghana’s Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 186.
13. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
14. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - President". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
15. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
16. Ghana Elections 2008. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2010. p. 114.

Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by Danzi Paul Kpal	Nabdam 1997 – Jan 2013	Succeeded by Boniface Agambilla
Political offices
Preceded by Enoch Teye Mensah	Minister for Employment and Social Welfare 2012 – Jan 2013	Succeeded by Nii Amah Ashietey