Rashid Bawa
{{Short description|Ghanaian politician and diplomat (1940–2024)}}
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| office = Former Ambassador in Nigeria
| term_start = June 2017
| term_end = 14 March 2024
| president = Nana Akuffo-Addo
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| office1 = Member of Parliament for Akan Constituency
| term_start1 = January 2001
| term_end1 = January 2005
| president1 = John Agyekum Kufour
| successor1 = John Kwadjo Gyampong
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|4|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gold Coast
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| death_place = Abuja, Nigeria
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| party = New Patriotic Party
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Rashid Bawa (2 April 1940 – 14 March 2024) was a Ghanaian politician, diplomat and a member of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana.{{cite web |last1=Star |first1=Ghana |title=Tag: Rashid Bawa |url=https://www.ghanastar.com/tag/rashid-bawa/ |access-date=16 July 2017 |website= |publisher=Ghanastar}} He was Ghana's ambassador to Nigeria until his death on 14 March 2024.
Bawa had previously served as Ghana's ambassador to Saudi Arabia.{{cite web |last1=Gyasiwaa |first1=Adwoa |title=Akufo-Addo is the best man for Ghana - Rashid Bawa |url=http://www.myjoyonline.com/politics/2014/october-17th/akufo-addo-is-the-best-man-for-ghana-rashid-bawa.php |access-date=16 July 2017 |website=Myjoyonline.}} He was a former Member of Parliament.{{cite web |last1=Agency |first1=GhanaWeb |title=Rashid Bawa's presence in Parliament questioned |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Rashid-Bawa-s-presence-in-Parliament-questioned-68551 |access-date=16 July 2017 |website= |publisher=GhanaWeb}}
Bawa was the member of parliament for Akan Constituency of the Republic of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 6 January 2005, as an independent.
==Ambassadorial appointment==
In June 2017, President Nana Akuffo-Addo named Rashid Bawa as Ghana's ambassador to Nigeria. He was among eight other distinguished Ghanaians who were named to head various diplomatic Ghanaian missions in the world.{{cite web |last1=Nyabor |first1=Jonas |title=Ayikoi Otoo, Gina Blay, 5 others given ambassadorial roles |url=http://citifmonline.com/2017/03/17/ayikoi-otoo-gina-blay-5-others-given-ambassadorial-roles/ |access-date=16 July 2017 |website= |publisher=citifmonline}}{{cite web |title=Akufo-Addo swears in first batch of 8 Ambassadors |url=http://www.myjoyonline.com/politics/2017/June-3rd/akufo-addo-swears-in-first-batch-of-8-ambassadors.php |access-date=16 July 2017 |website= |publisher=Myjoyonline}}
Personal life and death
Rashid Bawa was born on 2 April 1940.[https://ghanamps.com/mp/rashid-bawa/ Rashid, Bawa] Ghana MPs He was a lawyer and the first magistrate of Pokowasi in Greater Accra.
Bawa died in Abuja, Nigeria on 14 March 2024, at the age of 83.[https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/rashid-bawa-npp-parliamentary-candidate-former-high-commissioner-to-nigeria-dies.html Rashid Bawa: NPP parliamentary candidate & Former High Commissioner to Nigeria dies] His body was flown to Kadjebi in the Oti Region of Ghana for burial.{{Cite web |last=GNA |date=2024-03-14 |title=Rashid Bawa, Ghana's High Commissioner to Nigeria dead |url=https://gna.org.gh/2024/03/rashid-bawa-ghanas-high-commissioner-to-nigeria-dead/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Ghana News Agency |language=en-US}}
He was the Deputy Minister for Education
He was the Minister of State for Ministry of Education Science and Sports
HE Left behind a wife and three (3) children
Politics
Bawa was an independent candidate in the 3rd Parliament of the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Akan constituency in the Volta region in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.
Bawa was elected as the member of parliament for the Akan constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.{{Cite book|title=Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Result-Election 2000|publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung|year=2007|location=Ghana|pages=16}} He was an independent candidate for the said elections.
His constituency was the second independent candidate to win the said election in the Volta Region.{{Cite web|date=2016-08-10|title=Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results|url=https://www.fact-checkghana.com/statistics-presidential-parliamentary-election-results/|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Fact Check Ghana|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2123|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219090455/http://archive.ipu.org:80/parline-e/reports/arc/2123_92.htm|archive-date=2020-02-19}}{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2000 Results - Volta Region|url=https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2000/volta/|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}} He was elected with 12,306 votes out of 22,533 total valid votes cast.
This was equivalent to 54.9% of the total valid votes cast.{{Cite book|title=Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000|publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung|year=2007|location=Ghana|pages=52}} He was elected over John K. Gyapong of the National Democratic Congress, Kofi Asiedu-Mensah of the New Patriotic Party, Gibson-Godfried Akromah of the Convention People's Party and Peter K.E. Ansah of the National Reformed Party.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2000 Results -Akan Constituency|url=https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2000/volta/187/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}
These obtained 9,386, 536, 196 and 0 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 41.9%, 2.4%, 0.9% and 0% respectively of total valid votes cast.