Alhaji Abdulai Salifu

Alhaji Abdulai Salifu is a Ghanaian politician and was the member of parliament for the Tolon constituency in the Northern region of Ghana. He was a member of parliament in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Early life and education Salifu was born on June 19, 1943, at Tolon in the Northern Region of Ghana. He attended the University of Ghana and Studied Geography and Political Science and obtained a degree in Bachelor of Arts.

Salifu was again elected as the member of parliament for the Tolon constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.

The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

He was elected over Alhassan A. Baako of the New Patriotic Party, Samson Hussein Salifu of the Convention People's Party, Mohammadu N. Togmah of the People's National Convention and Adam Alhassan of the United Ghana Movement.

These obtained 8,701, 2,751, 420 and 208 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 36.5%, 11.5%, 1.8% and 0.9% respectively of total valid votes cast.

He was succeeded by Umar Abdul-Razak who won in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections.

Ambassadorial role In 2009, Salifu was appointed by President John Evans Atta Mills as Ghana's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Personal life Salifu belongs to the Islamic Religion(Muslim).