Mohammed Adamu Ramadan

Mohammed Adamu Ramadan (born 3 May 1975) is a Ghanaian politician. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He is the member of parliament for the Adenta Constituency for the 8th parliament of the Republic of Ghana. He is the son of politician Ahmed Ramadan and the elder brother of Samira Bawumia, who served as the Second Lady of Ghana from 2017 to 2025.

Early life and education Mohammed Adamu Ramadan was born on 3 May 1975. He hails from Ashalley Botwe in the Greater Accra Region.

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.

In 2024, Ramadan polled 56,303 to beat the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Akosua Asaa Manu, who polled 35,143 to retain the seat he first won in 2020. This is the first time in the history of the Adenta Constituency that a Member of Parliament has been re-elected.

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 is a devout Muslim. Prior to entering politics, he worked with the former national airlines Ghana Airways and Ghana International Airlines.