Alhaji Abdulai Salifu is a Ghanaian politician and was the member of parliament for the Tolon constituency in the Northern region of Ghana.

[1] He attended the University of Ghana and Studied Geography and Political Science and obtained a degree in Bachelor of Arts.

[1] Salifu is a Political Teacher and a former member of Parliament for the Tolon Constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana.

[7] He was elected over Alhassan A. Baako of the New Patriotic Party, Samson Hussein Salifu of the Convention People's Party, Mohammadu N. Togmah of the People's National Convention and Adam Alhassan of the United Ghana Movement.

[10] In 2009, Salifu was appointed by President John Evans Atta Mills as Ghana's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.