Prince Jacob Hayibor (12 September 1962 – 2016) was a Ghanaian politician who served as the member of parliament for the Hohoe North Constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Early life and education

Hayibor was born on 12 September 1962 and hailed from Gbi-Wegbe, a town in the Volta Region of Ghana. He obtained his Master of Art in English from the University of Ghana in 1996.^[1] He further had his Post Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast in 2001.^[1] He also had his Executive Masters in Governance and Leadership from Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration in 2008.^[1]

Career

Hayibor was an Educationist. He was the Principal Superintendent and a tutor at Obuasi Secondary/Technical School.^[1]

Politics

Hayibor was a member of National Democratic Congress. He was the member of parliament for Hohoe North Constituency in the Volta region of Ghana.^[1][6][7][8] He was the former Chairman of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority.^[9] He won 28,169 out of 38,315 votes valid votes caste representing 73.5%. He won against John-Peter Amewu of the New Patriotic Party with 8,225 votes representing 21.5% of the votes Mordzinu Benedictus Kwaku of the Democratic Freedom Party with 1,242 votes representing 3.2%, Paul Robert Addo of the Convention Peoples Party with 366 votes representing 1% and Victor Nyaxo of the Peoples National Convention with 314 votes representing 0.8%.^[10]

Personal life

Hayibor was married with four children. He was a Christian and a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.^[1]

Death

Hayibor passed on in 2016, at the age of 54.^[11]

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