Abubakar Boniface Siddique

Hon.
Abubakar Boniface Siddique
Member of Parliament for Salaga constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
Preceded by Hamidu Baba Braimah
Succeeded by Ibrahim Dey Abubakari
President John Kufuor
Personal details
Born 14 November 1960
Nationality Ghanaian 
Political party New Patriotic Party
Alma mater Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Profession Economist, Civil Servant

Abu-Bakar Siddique Boniface (also: Abubakar Saddique Boniface) (born November 14, 1960) is a Ghanaian politician and currently Minister of State at the Office of the Vice President and a former minister for Inner cities and Zongo Development. He was a Minister of Youth, Labour, and Employment (Manpower, Youth and Employment) between 2005 and July 2007. In August 2007, Boniface joined the Ministry of Water Resources, Public Works and Housing as a government minister.

Politics

Abu-Bakar Saddique Boniface from New Patriotic Party, is a member of the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana elected in 2004 Ghanaian general election for the salaga constituency and also a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th parliament elected in 2000 Ghanaian general election with a majority of 1821 votes. He took the seat from Hamidu Baba Braimah of National Democratic Congress at this time he was an Independent. During his political duty, Alhaji Abubakar Saddique Boniface has promised to discharge his duty - as a Minister of State with diligence and treat all Zongo dwellers with fairly despite their religious, ethnic and social differences.

Education

Abu-Bakar Saddique Boniface schooled at the University of Exeter where he obtained his master of Arts in Economics and after went to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Abu-Bakar Saddique Boniface is an Economist and a Civil Servant.

Career

Abu-Bakar Saddique Boniface is an Economist and a Civil Servant.

Publications,

  • Rural Housing Problems in Ghana (A case study of Kpandai)
  • The Role of Foreign Aid in Structural Adjustment Programme (Ghana as case study)
  • A Review of UK Retail Banking Industry and Performance Evaluation of Three Retail Banks

Family

Boniface is a Muslim, married with 5 childrens.