Alhassan Suhuyini

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Hon.
Alhassan Saibu Suhuyini
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Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Tamale North Constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
2013

Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini (born 12 September 1979) is a Ghanaian broadcast journalist and politician. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He is currently a member of the eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing Tamale North.

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Education

Alhassan Suhuyini attended Ghana Secondary School now Ghana Senior High School (Tamale), GHANASCO in Tamale. He holds a B.Sc. Public Administration and an M.Sc. Development management from Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. [1] His career as a radio presenter started at Diamond FM in Tamale before he moved to the capital of Ghana. He had brief stints with Citi FM and Metro TV in Accra before settling with Radio Gold. [2] He is currently pursuing his PhD in Public Administration.

Career

His career as a radio presenter started at Diamond FM in Tamale before he moved to the capital of Ghana. He had brief stints with Citi FM and Metro TV in Accra before settling with Radio Gold. He was voted Talk Show Host of the year in 2011, 2012 and 2013 by Radio listeners in Ghana at the Ghana Radio and Television Personality Awards. In 2013 he was selected and sponsored by the South Korean government to tour South Korea as part of its Next Generational Leaders from Africa program. He was a delegate at the 2014 International Visitor Leadership Program, a United States Department of State professional exchange program. [3] He worked at Radio Gold in Accra, where he was the host of two of the station's flagship programs; the morning show called the "Gold Power Drive" and the weekend socio-economic and political current affairs program - Alhaji and Alhaji talk show. [4]

Political career

He was appointed in 2013 by president John Dramani Mahama as board member of Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). As of 2014 he was the Communications Manager for the National Hajj Council (Ghana). [5] [6] He won the Tamale North seat by the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 General election to become the member of parliament. He won the seat by getting 21,280 votes representing 67.79% of the total number. [7] Despite being member of Parliament, he is also doing communication for his party. Suhuyini was re-elected in the 2020 general elections to represent the Tamale North Constituency in Parliament. In May 2023, Suhuyini was confirmed as Parliamentary Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, after no one filed to contest him for the position at close of nomination. [8] In the 2024 general election, he retained the seat in ticket of the NDC as MP for Tamale North Constituency in Parliament by getting 28,521 votes whiles his contender had 12,317. [9]

Committees

1.Lands and forestry Committees 2.Appointments committee

Personal life

Suhuyini is a trained teacher. He married Hamdiya Amadu Yakubu Vorsky in 2013. [10]

Philanthropist

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References

  1. ↑ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Sayibu, Suhuyini Alhassan". GhanaMps. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  2. ↑ Lartey, Winifred (2023-01-27). "Top 10 Ghanaian journalists who went into politics". Asaase Radio. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Two radio journalists attacked by Accra security personnel". Ifex. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Models Melt Journalist". News1Ghana. October 31, 2011. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "More Ghanaian Hajj Pilgrims Return". GhanaNewsAgency. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Nakadif Jnr. (29 September 2013). "Hajj Committee airlifts 1,900 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia". GNA. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  7. ↑ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2016 Results - Tamale North Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  8. ↑ "NDC primaries: Here are the MPs who went unopposed".
  9. ↑ "Alhassan Suhuyini retains Tamale North seat for NDC". Graphic Online. 2024-12-08. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  10. ↑ "Alhassan Suhuyini Weds Hamdia". SpyGhana. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2014.


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