Benjamin Narteh Ayiku, MP Ledzokuku

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Benjamin Narteh Ayiku was born on August 5, 1964. He is a Ghanaian politician and a Member of Parliament serving the Ledzokuku Constituency in the Ledzokuku Municipal District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress(NDC).

He serves as a member of Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee and Members holding Office of Profit Committee respectively in the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

Politics

Ayiku was the party's (NDC) candidate for the December 2020 election. He won the parliamentary election with 55,938 votes representing 50.5% of the total votes cast, beating his main opponent and incumbent member of parliament Bernard Okoe Boye of the New patriotic Party who obtained 54,072 votes representing 48.8% of the total valid votes cast.

In May 2023, he was selected through voting to represent yet again, NDC in the upcoming 2024 general elections as the parliamentary candidate for the Ledzokuku Constituency.