Emmanuel Yaw Attigah


Emmanuel Yaw Attigah was a Ghanaian politician in the first republic. He was the member of parliament for the Ho East constituency from 1960 to 1965. In 1965, he became the member of parliament for the Ho constituency, a constituency that was formed from the merging of the Ho East and Ho West constituencies.
Prior to Attigah entering parliament, the Ho East constituency was represented by Rev. F. R. Amewotobla. Rev. Amewotobla was wanted for detention under the Preventive Detention Act and consequently sought political asylum in Togo in March 1960. The Ho East seat was then declared vacant and Attigah was elected on the ticket of the Convention People's Party to occupy the seat. Attigah was sworn into office together with Hans Kofi Boni on 11 August 1960.