Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, MP for Adenta Constituency
Mohammed Adamu Ramadan born on May 3, 1975, is a Ghanaian politician. He is the son of politician Ahmed Ramadan and the elder brother of Samira Bawumia, the Second Lady of Ghana.
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He is a Member of parliament for the Adenta Constituency in the Greater Accra Region and a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party. He serves as a member of the Health Committee and Business Committee of Parliament.
Prior to entering politics, he worked with the former national airlines Ghana Airways and Ghana International Airlines.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a master's degree in Business Administration with specialisation in Finance. He also holds a Master of Arts in Economic Policy Management.
Ramadan was a Special Assistant and presidential staffer at the Flagstaff House during the Presidency of John Mahama.
Politics
Parliamentary bid
In the 2016 Parliamentary elections Ramadan stood for the National Democratic Congress in the Adenta Constituency and lost to the New Patriotic Party's Yaw Buaben Asamoa. Asamoa polled 33,952 votes representing 50.64% as against Ramadan's 32,588 votes which was 48.61%. He once again stood for the primaries for the NDC and won to represent them in the 2020 Elections. He won against a former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur. He won by polling 730 votes against her 558 votes to be declared winner.
In his second bid to win the Adenta Constituency seat, he won against the incumbent member of parliament Yaw Buaben Asamoah who he contested against in the 2016 elections, He managed to poll 63,436 votes representing 55.9% as against 49,255 votes representing 43.4% by him.
Member of Parliament
Mohammed Adamu Ramadan was sworn in as Member of Parliament representing the Adenta Constituency in the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana on 7 January 2021. He serves as a member on the Health committee and Business Committee of Parliament.
He is married with four children.
