Michael Abu Sakara Foster
Michael Abu Sakara Foster is a Ghanaian agronomist and politician. He was the candidate of the Convention People's Party for the Ghanaian presidential election in December 2012. Dr. Sakara in 2008 was the running mate to Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom when he was flag-bearer of the Convention People's Party (CPP) but was elected as flag-bearer when Nduom left the CPP to found his own party, The Progressive People's Party(PPP). Early life and education. Michael Abu Sakara Foster was born at Damongo in the Northern Region on 15 August 1958. He began  school in Kpembe Primary school, East Gonja, at age six years and then moved to Sawla Primary school for a short period. Thereafter he came back to school in Salaga until 1966, after which he was sent to study and live with friends of his father, Mr and Mrs Foster, evangelical missionaries. He entered Yendi Secondary school as a pioneer in 1972. Under the stewardship of the his family he later went to study in the United Kingdom (UK) where he obtained his first degree in Soil Science from the University of Reading in 1982. Foster obtained his MSc. in  Applied Plant Sciences from Wye College, University of London in 1984 and received his Ph.D. in Applied Agricultural Botany from University of Reading in 1987. Career. Foster's work experience as an Agronomist spans over 29 years of international agricultural development work in Africa and the Americas. He is a specialist in agriculture and rural development (Development Agronomist). He is the executive director, Rural and Agricultural Development Associates. Politics. 2012 Presidential bid. Election 2012 performance During the election 2012, Dr. Sakara received 20,323 votes out of the 11,246,982 votes cast, constituting 0.18% of the total. In this election also CPP  lost the only parliamentary seat they had when Samia Nkrumah the only member of parliament of the party lost her seat at Jomoro in the Western Region.