Cecelia Ayanori Bukari-Yakubu

Cecelia Ayanori Bukari-Yakubu was a Ghanaian politician. She was the second member of parliament representing the Northern Region and Upper Region from 1960 to 1965 and the member of parliament for Pusiga from 1965 to 1966.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Cecelia Ayanori Bukari-Yakubu
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Pusiga
In office
1965–1966
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Member for the Northern Region and Upper Region
In office
1960–1965
Personal details
Born
Cecelia Anayori Bukari-Yakubu

Gold Coast
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyConvention People's Party

Bukari-Yakubu was among the first women to enter the parliament of Ghana in 1960 under the representation of the people (women members) act. She was among the 10 women who were elected unopposed on 27 June 1960 on the ticket Convention People's Party.[8][9]

See also

References
  1. "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly. 1962.
  2. "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 1". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly: 406. 1963.
  3. "Ghana Year Book 1961". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 15. 1961.
  4. "New Ghana, Volumes 8–9". New Ghana. Information Services Department Accra: 11. 1964.
  5. Arhin, Kwame (1991). The life and work of Kwame Nkrumah: papers of a symposium organized by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. Sedco. p. 132. ISBN 9964721072.
  6. "Parliamentary Debates; Official Report, Part 2". Parliamentary Debates. Ghana National Assembly: 8 and iv. 1965.
  7. "Ghana Year Book". Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic: 24. 1966.
  8. "Ghana Today, Volumes 3–4". Information Section, Ghana Office. 1959: 10. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "Ghana Gazette". National government publication. 1960: 19. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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