Yakubu is a member of the
National Democratic Congress. He was first elected into parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the December 2004 Ghanaian General Elections as a member of Parliament for the
Mion constituency. He polled 10,568 votes out of the 27,034 valid votes cast representing 39.10%. He won his re-election bid in 2008 with 11,977 votes out of the 27,118 valid votes cast representing 44.17%. He contested again in 2012 and polled 9,931 votes out of the 25,115 valid votes cast representing 39.54%. == Career ==