Hon. Innocent Yao— Honorable Yao N'Guessan Innocent, Constituency 109 (Ouellé – Ananda – Akpassanou)
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Member of ParliamentPDCI-RDA (Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire)

Honorable Yao N'Guessan Innocent

Constituency 109 (Ouellé – Ananda – Akpassanou) — Iffou Region, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

Honorable Yao N'Guessan Innocent, known as Innocent Yao, is the Member of Parliament for Constituency 109 (Ouellé – Ananda – Akpassanou) in the Iffou Region, sitting in the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire. Elected on 27 December 2025 with 59.2% of votes cast, he took his seat on 7 January 2026. He is also National President of JPDCI Rurale, the rural youth organisation of the PDCI-RDA, and a member of the party's Political Bureau. His mandate focuses on agriculture and rural land rights, education, access to safe drinking water, community health, and the empowerment of women and young people in his constituency.

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Honorable Yao N'Guessan Innocent, Member of Parliament — Constituency 109 (Ouellé – Ananda – Akpassanou)

In brief

Official name
Honorable Yao N'Guessan Innocent
Office
Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire
Constituency
Constituency 109 (Ouellé – Ananda – Akpassanou) — Iffou Region, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Party
PDCI-RDA (Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire)
Other roles
National President of Rural PDCI Youth (JPDCI Rurale) ; Member of the Political Bureau of PDCI-RDA
In office since
Main office
Residential District, Opposite Town Hall, Ouellé, Iffou Region — +225 07 08 56 48 11

Mandate indicators

Full impact dashboard

59,2 %

Votes won (2025 legislative election)

First-round victory in Constituency 109

How this is measured

Official result proclaimed by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for the 27 December 2025 ballot.

Last reviewed :

65+

Villages & hamlets visited

Thank-you tours and citizen listening sessions

How this is measured

Count kept by the parliamentary office from the field-visit register since January 2026. Floor figure: at least 65 localities.

Last reviewed :

28

Community projects supported

Schools, cooperatives, water pumps, and health centers

How this is measured

Projects logged in the constituency office intervention register. The four flagship projects documented on this site are a detailed subset.

Last reviewed :

14

Parliamentary questions & initiatives

Land access, farmgate pricing, and Iffou infrastructure

How this is measured

Cumulative count of written questions, bills, plenary interventions and committee contributions since taking office. Three of them are published in full in the Parliamentary Work section.

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Full-length portrait of Honorable Innocent Yao wearing the tricolour parliamentary sash.

Career & mandate

From prison to the hemicycle: A historic victory for the popular will. Elected MP on December 27, 2025 from his prison cell in Abidjan with 59.2% of the vote, Honorable Innocent Yao demonstrated that the trust of constituents transcends political trials.

On June 4, 2025, amidst political tensions, Innocent Yao was arrested and incarcerated at the Pôle Pénitentiaire d’Abidjan (PPA). Rather than dimming his popular support, this test ignited an unprecedented wave of community solidarity. Designated PDCI-RDA candidate for Constituency 109, a surrogate campaign led by traditional chiefs, women, and youth secured a historic victory with 59.2% of the vote from inside a cell.

Granted provisional release on January 7, 2026, Honorable Innocent Yao immediately assumed his seat in the National Assembly. Today, he embodies a proximity-driven mandate focused on women's empowerment, rural youth employment, local infrastructure, and legislative accountability.

  • Proximity & ListeningConstant presence on the ground across villages, hamlets, and sub-prefectures.
  • Resilience & CourageUncompromising defense of citizen rights and social justice.
  • Rural EmpowermentUnwavering support for farmers, cooperatives, and rural youth.
  • Transparency & AccountabilityRegularly reporting back on parliamentary activities and local infrastructure progress.
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Legislative priorities of the mandate

Each priority links to a parliamentary act, a delivered project or a speech published on this site. No priority is displayed without a record attesting it.

  • Securing rural land rights for young farmers

    Simplify the issuance of rural land certificates and waive administrative fees for 18–35 year-olds, through legislation.

    See linked records

  • Securing fair farmgate prices for producers

    Raise farmgate price revaluation and fairness in agricultural redistribution on the floor of the Assembly.

    See linked records

  • Ensuring rural schools are equipped and staffed

    Obtain priority assignment of primary teachers and continue rehabilitating the constituency’s schools.

    See linked records

  • Delivering safe water and community health care

    Keep village water points in service and equip the constituency’s dispensaries and maternity units.

    See linked records

  • Connecting villages and accelerating rural electrification

    Obtain heavy resurfacing of the Ananda – Akpassanou feeder road and acceleration of the rural electrification programme.

    See linked records

Projects delivered in the constituency

Each project states the problem identified, the action delivered, the measured impact, the place, the date and the beneficiaries.

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Constituency 109

Ouellé, Ananda and Akpassanou, in the Iffou Region: follow the location, status and timeline of every works project.

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A constituency office at your service

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