West Mamprusi Municipal Assembly is one of the six districts in North East Region,Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as West Mamprusi District,which was created from the former Mamprusi District Council,until the western part of the district was split off on 28 June 2012 to create Mamprugu-Moagduri District;thus the remaining part has been retained as West Mamprusi District. However,on 15 March 2018,it was elevated to municipal district assembly status to become West Mamprusi Municipal District. The municipality is located in the western part of North East Region and has Walewale as its capital town. Other settlements within the municipal assembly include Wulugu.
Mahamudu Bawumia is a Ghanaian politician and former central banker who serves as the 5th Vice President of Ghana in the 4th Ghanaian Republic. He assumed office on 7 January 2017 as Vice President of Ghana. Bawumia is the New Patriotic Party nominee for president in the 2024 general election.
Naa Gbewaa is the founder of the Kingdom of Dagbon,in what is now northern Ghana. His sons and daughters are credited with founding several states,including the Mossi Kingdoms of Burkina Faso. He established a stable and prosperous kingdom. Naa Gbewaa's shrine is located at Pusiga,90 km east of Bolgatanga. His descendants continue to pay respects at the shrine.
Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta,is a Ghanaian investment banker who served as the Minister for Finance and Economic Planning in the cabinet of Nana Akufo-Addo from 2017 to 2024. He was a co-founder of Databank Group,a Ghanaian financial services company,and served as executive chairman until 2012 when he resigned. He was nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo on 10 January 2017 and assumed office on 27 January 2017 as finance minister. On February 14,2024,he was relieved of his position as the finance minister of Ghana by Nana Akufo-Addo.
Samira Bawumia is a Ghanaian politician and the Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana. She is married to the Vice President of Ghana,Mahamudu Bawumia.She received the Ghanaian Women Association of Georgia Global Humanitarian Award,an honor from the Atlanta City Council and is also recognized by the Macon Bibb country. She graduated from the University of London with a bachelor’s degree in law.
Matthew Opoku Prempeh is a Ghanaian medical doctor and politician. He is the vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party for the 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. He is the Member of Parliament for the Manhyia South Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He is a former Minister of Education. He is popularly known as NAPO,an acronym for his traditional name,Nana Poku. He served as the Minister of Energy from 2021 to 2024.
Kwaku Agyemang-Manu a Ghanaian politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Dormaa Central and was Ghana's Minister of Health between January 2017 and February 2024. He is a Chartered Management Accountant and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Statistics from the University of Ghana in 1989.
John-Peter Amewu is a Ghanaian politician and current Minister for Railways Development and Member of Parliament (MP) for Hohoe Constituency in the Volta Region. He was Minister of Energy and Minister for Lands And Natural Resources.
Anthony Nsiah-Asare is a Ghanaian medical officer,academic and health management expert. He has worked in the Ghanaian health sector for close to forty years serving at various management levels. He was the Director General of the Ghana Health Service. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party is currently the Presidential Advisor on Health to Nana Akufo-Addo.
Abdul-Samed Muhamed Gunu is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the New Patriotic Party. He served in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana,representing the Savelugu Constituency in the Northern Region.
Alhassan Sualihu Dandaawa is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Karaga Constituency in the Northern Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
Ghana Senior High School (Ghanasco) is a co-educational second cycle institution located in Tamale,Northern Region of Ghana.
Sulley Gariba was a policy analyst and evaluation specialist who served as an advisor to the former president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama from 2009 to 2017. He monitored and evaluated poverty reduction in the Canadian International Development.
Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed is Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He once served as the member of Parliament for Nanton,the Deputy Minister for Information and Media Relations and the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.He is Member of Parliament for Tamale Central Constituency in the Northern Region.
John Ampontuah Kumah was a Ghanaian politician,businessman,preacher and a lawyer. He served as the chief executive officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) until elected as the Member of parliament for the Ejisu constituency in the 2020 Ghanaian general election on the ticket New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Stephen Amoah is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is the member of parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency. He is currently a board member of GCB Bank.
Tamale Senior High School formerly Government Secondary School,Tamale,Gbewaa Secondary School,and more recently Tamale Secondary School is a co-educational second cycle boarding school located at Education Ridge,a suburb of the Sagnarigu Municipality. The school was founded in 1951 by the then British Colonial Authorities as the first second cycle institution of the Northern Territories.
Northern School of Businessalso known as NOBISCO is a mixed-gender school found in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana.
