Haruna Bayirga

Haruna Bayirga (born 18 August 1952) is a Ghanaian politician and a building technology engineer. He is also a former member of parliament for the Sissala West constituency of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Bayirga is the managing director of Buwah Limited.

He became the member of parliament for the Sissala West constituency in 2005 after contesting as an independent Candidate.

Early life and education Bayirga was born on 18 August at Zini in the upper west region of Ghana.

Career In addition to being a politician, Bayirga is an architect by profession. In 2008, he contested again for the same seat as a member of the people's national convention party and won with a total of 5,950 votes. He contested again for the third time in 2012 during the party's delegate congress and was declared unopposed but he lost to Amin Amidu Suleman of the national democratic congress.

2004 Elections Bayirga was elected as the member of parliament for the Sissala West constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He therefore represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 4,788votes out of 15,643 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 30.6% of the total valid votes cast. The People's National Convention won a total of 4 parliamentary representation out of a total 230 seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Personal life Bayirga is a Muslim and married with five children.