Habib Iddrisu

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Hon.
Habib Iddrisu
MP
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Member of Parliament Elect for
Tolon Constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
Nationality Flag of Ghana.svg   Ghanaian
Political party New Patriotic Party

Habib Iddrisu is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). [1] [2] [3] He is the member of parliament for the Tolon Constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana. [4] [5]

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Career

Iddrisu, before becoming MP, served as the Deputy Executive Secretary of Ghana Free Zones Authority in charge of Tema enclave. [2] [4] [6]

Politics

Habib Iddrisu is a member of New Patriotic Party and represents Tolon (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [7] [8] Habib served as the second deputy chief whip for the majority side in parliament. [9] In February 2024, after some changes to the Majority leadership, Habib was elevated to the position of first Deputy Majority Chief Whip. [10]

In September 2021, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed Habib and eight others to the Board of the Agriculture Development Bank. [11] He is also a member of the Ghana National Hajj Board, a body responsible for overseeing the organization of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. [12] In July 2024, Habib and five others were sworn-in as Board of Directors of Electricity Company of Ghana. [13]

2016 election

In the 2016 Ghanaian general election, Iddrisu stood for the Sagnarigu Constituency against the member of parliament Alhassan Bashir Fuseini of the National Democratic Congress and lost with 7,888 votes representing 20.7% against Fuseini's 26,898 votes representing 70.7%. [2] [14]

Ahead of the 2020 elections, Iddrisu entered the race for the parliamentary candidate in the NPP primaries, this time around in the Tolon Constituency. [2] In June 2020, he won the primaries for the Tolon Constituency after defeating incumbent member of parliament Wahab Wumbei Suhuyini who had served as member of parliament for two terms and been in parliament since January 2013. [4] [15] [16] He won by getting 338 votes, while the incumbent had 164 votes and the rest of the three candidates had a total of 32 votes. [17]

Iddrisu was elected member of parliament for Tolon constituency during the 2020 December parliamentary elections. [5] He was declared winner in the parliamentary elections after obtaining 31,429 votes representing 58.37% against his closest contender Yussif Adam of the National Democratic Congress who had 22,145 votes representing 41.13%. [18] [19] [20] [21]

Awards

In 2023, Hon. Habib Iddrisu received the Most influential personality in the five regions of the north award from Northern Excellence Awards due to his contributions to the development in this regions and the vital roles he played. Abdul Aziz Ayaba Musah and Farouk Aliu Mahama received this award on his behalf. [22] [23]

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