Isaac Adongo
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Isaac Adongo | |
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| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Bolgatanga Central | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2016 | |
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| Born | 12 October 1972 Bolgatanga, Ghana |
| Party | National Democratic Congress. |
| Children | Jael adongo |
| Alma mater | Institute of Chartered Accountants[1] University of Ghana |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Committees | Finance, Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee |
Isaac Adongo (born 12 October 1972) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the 8th Ghanaian Parliament representing the Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[2][3][4][5]
Adongo hails from Bolgatanga. He is a graduate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the University of Ghana.[6]
Career
Adongo was first elected in 2016, was re-elected in 2020 and 2024. He is a Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee.[7]
He came to international attention in 2022 for his criticism of the Vice-President of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia, because of the way he used the Manchester United and England national team footballer Harry Maguire as an object of comparison in his speech to attack the economic record of the Vice-President, whom he called an "economic Maguire". He likened the Vice-President's attempts to restore the value of the Ghanaian currency, the Cedi, to Maguire's tendency to score own goals.[8] He subsequently apologized in November 2023.[9]