Rita Tani Iddi is a
Ghanaian politician who was the member of parliament for the
Gushiegu constituency from 2005 to 2009.
Rita won the Gushiegu seat during the
December 2004 general election on the ticket of the
New Patriotic Party (NPP) but lost in her next attempt to represent the constituency in the
December 2008 general election. While in parliament, she doubled as the deputy
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Mines. She is currently the deputy Ghana commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Early life and education
Tani was born on 14 September 1949. She attended the
University of Cape Coast where she attained a Diploma in
Home Science, after which she furthered her education at the
University of Education,
Winneba, where she obtained her
Bachelor of Education in
Home Science.
Career
Rita Tani Iddi is a teacher by profession, she taught in several schools in
Ghana, these included
Yendi Senior High School Yendi Senior High School (YESS) is coeducational secondary school at Yendi in the Northern Region of Ghana. The school was established in 1970, first as middle boarding school to enable access to basic education for communities in the Eastern Corri ...
and Berekum Training College. She was appointed a
District Chief Executive of the
Gushegu District
Gushegu Municipal District is one of the sixteen districts in Northern Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Gushegu-Karaga District in 1988, which was created from the former East Dagomba District Council, until the w ...
in the
Northern Region of
Ghana. She also became a member of parliament of the Fourth Parliament for the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the
Gushegu constituency and served as a Deputy Minister for Lands, Forestry and Mines who was in charge of the mines sector during His Excellency the Ex-President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor's administration and was de Deputy High Commissioner for Ghana. Tani Iddi is also a Ghanaian politician.
Politics
Rita Tani is a Ghanaian politician, who contested in the
2004 Ghanaian general election
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2004. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for incumbent John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who defeated John Atta-Mills of the National Democratic Congress with 52 perce ...
s as a member of parliament for the
Gushegu constituency in the
Northern Region of Ghana on the ticket of the
New Patriotic Party. She won the elections with a total vote cast of 14,643 representing 52.80% over her opponent, Iddrisu Hudu of the
National Democratic Congress who obtained 13,108 total votes cast representing 47.20%, making her a member of Parliament for the
Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
She also served as the Deputy Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines in charge of the mines sector during the Kufour's Administration.
Personal life
Rita Tani is
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
by religion.
See also
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Gushiegu (Ghana parliament constituency)
References
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Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009
Women members of the Parliament of Ghana
20th-century Ghanaian women politicians
21st-century Ghanaian women politicians
Living people
1949 births
Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005
New Patriotic Party politicians