Ghanaians may be familiar with the story of an aspiring couple seeking to become the first husband-and-wife duo to serve in Parliament at the same time, but few may know that Parliament already has a couple within its ranks.
Prior to the 2024 general elections, all eyes were on “The Bissues” – Charles Bissue and his wife Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei – as the couple who were about to make history as the first husband and wife in Ghana’s Parliament.
The Bissues, as it happened, did not set the record of being Ghana’s first husband and wife in Parliament. They both handsomely lost their parliamentary elections.
Charles Bissue, the former secretary to the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), lost the parliamentary elections.
Then came the Dafeamekpors – now Majority Chief Whip and South Dayi Member of Parliament, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor and his wife, an actor cum politician, Ebi Bright – who nearly became Ghana’s first husband and wife, unknown to many Ghanaians.
In fact, the Dafeamekpors, whose marriage became public knowledge after a birthday message from the husband to the wife, at some point appeared to have set this record after Ebi Bright was declared the winner of the Tema Central parliamentary seat, which was subsequently overturned.
Unknown to many, the outgoing Majority Leader of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, himself, is the husband of another legislator, the MP for Sunyani West, Millicent Amankwah Yeboah.
The appearance of Millicent Yeboah at the vetting of Mahama Ayariga, as the Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs designate, particularly her sitting position, sparked rumours of her being involved with the Majority Leader.
GhanaWeb checks on the possibility of the two legislators being a couple led to a number of pieces of evidence of the two being sighted at public events, including funerals.
One of the videos showed the Sunyani legislator dancing at a public event somewhere in the northern part of Ghana, right behind the Majority Leader. Another video showed them at the graduation of their children.
Mahama Ayariga, during the vetting, confirmed that Millicent Yeboah was his wife.
When asked who he trusted the most by Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, Ayariga said, “With my recent marriage, my wife,” pointing at the Sunyani East MP.
The Chairman of the Appointment Committee of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, at the end of the vetting, introduced Millicent Yeboah as the wife of the Majority Leader.
Even though the marriage might be recent, GhanaWeb checks show that they have been a couple for a long time. They are reported to have two children.
