Hon. Hamza Adam | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Kumbungu | |
Assumed office 7 January 2020 | |
President | Nana Akufo-Addo |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 October 1975 |
Political party | National Democratic Congress (Ghana) |
Committees | Environment,Science and Technology Committee,Gender and Children Committee |
Hamza Adam (born 30 October 1975) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the National Democratic Congress. He is the member of parliament for Kumbungu Constituency in the Northern Region. [1] [2]
Adam was born on October 30,1975. He holds a PhD in Rural Livelihoods,an MPhil in Agricultural Extension,and a BSc in Agriculture Technology. [1] [3]
Adam has worked as a lecturer and a Head of Department at the University for Development Studies. [3]
Hon. Hamza Adam is a member of National Democratic Congress and represent the Kumbungu (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [1] [4]
Hon. Hamza Adam first contested the Kumbungu constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the 2020 Ghanaian general election and won with 22,961 votes representing 54.60% of the total votes. He won the parliamentary seat over Abdul Salam Hamza Fataw of New Patriotic Party who pulled 17,144 votes which is equivalent to 40.77%,parliamentary candidate for IND Abukari Abdul Fataw had 1,154 votes representing 2.74% and the parliamentary candidate for Convention People's Party Nabila Alhassan Basiru had 795 votes representing 1.89% of the total votes. [5] [6] [7]
Hamza was gain contested the Kumbungu (Ghana parliament constituency) seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the 2024 Ghanaian general election and was re-elected with 27,242 votes representing 58.66% of the total votes over the New Patriotic Party candidate Abdul Salam Hamza Fataw who had 19,198 votes which is equivalent to 41.34%. [8] [9]
He is Muslim. [1]