# Isaac Adongo

Isaac Adongo is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
He was born October 12 1972 in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region of Ghana.
He is a graduate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the University of Ghana. His daughter, Jael adongo recently obtained admission to study Business administration in [KNUST]
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.

## Early life and education

Adongo hails from Bolgatanga. He is a graduate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the University of Ghana.

## Career

Adongo was first elected in 2016, was re-elected in 2020 and 2024. He is a Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee.
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. He subsequently apologized in November 2023.

## Politics

Adongo is a member of the National Democratic Congress and a member of parliament for Bolgatanga central constituency in the Seventh and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

### 2016 election

Adongo contested the Bolgatanga central constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won the election with 25,042 votes representing 51.41% of the total votes. He won the election over Asanga Rex Simeon Atareyella of the New Patriotic Party, Thomas Akurugu of the PNC, Sampson Ayindongo Akolgo of the PPP, Abdul-Rahman Latifa of the Convention People's Party and Ayamga Richard of the APC. They obtained 15,610 votes, 431 votes, 288 votes, 174 votes and 169 votes respectively, equivalent to 32.04%, 15.25%, 0.59%, 0.36% and.0.35% of the total votes respectively.

#### 2020 election

Adongo was re- elected as a member of parliament for Bolgatanga central (Ghana parliament constituency ) during the 2020 Ghanaian general election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He was elected with 36,726 votes representing 64.45% of the total votes. He won the election over Rex Simeon Atareyella Asanga of the New Patriotic Party who polled 19,794 votes which is equivalent to 34.84%, parliamentary candidate for the LPG Francis Ayadogo had 237 votes representing 0.42% and the parliamentary candidate for the Convention People's Party Abdul-Rahman Latifa had 214 votes representing 0.38% of the total votes.

## Personal life

Isaac Adongo identifies as a Christian. Issac Adongo has a daughter named Jael. She completed Achimota school in 2024. She is currently in KNUST offering Business Administration.