The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Akatsi South, has been elected as the 1st Deputy Speaker of the 9th Parliament.

Ahiafor has been a member of the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and newly sworn in Ninth Parliaments of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

He first contested the Akatsi South constituency parliamentary seat during the 2012 by-election, when the member parliament for the constituency Hon.

Edward Doe Adjaho become the Speaker of parliament for Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.