[1] He hails from a town called Larve-Dabala in the Volta Region of Ghana.
[1] He had his Diploma Certificate in General Agriculture from University of Ghana, Legon.
[1] He worked at National Disaster Management Organisation as a District Co-ordinator.
[1][4][5] He won against Kyei Baffour Degraft of the New Patriotic Party, Mariam Iddrisu of the People's National Convention and Joshua Appiah of the Convention People's Party.
[4] Yakah therefore represented the New Edubiase constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.
He maintained his seat after being declared the winner in the 2012 Ghanaian General Elections under the flag of the National Democratic Congress.
[6][7] In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress for the same constituency.