Hon. Solomon Namliit Boar | |
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Former Member of Parliament, Former North East Regional Minister | |
In office 2013–2021 | |
President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Personal details | |
Born | Bunkpurugu,Ghana | 15 July 1968
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Spouse | Married |
Children | 5 |
Education | Tamale Secondary School |
Alma mater | University of Cape Coast;Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
Occupation | Farmer,Legislator,Politician and Social Worker. |
Profession | Administrator/Social Worker |
Solomon Namliit Boar (born 15 July 1968) is a Ghanaian politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Bunkpurugu from 2017 to 2021. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and served as the first Regional Minister of the newly-created North East Region of Ghana. [1] He was also a deputy Northern Regional Minister from 2017 until the creation of the Northeast Region.
He hails from Bunkpurugu,a town in the Northeast Region of Ghana. [2] He studied at the University of Cape Coast,and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in management studies in 2007. [2] He also attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,where he obtained his Executive Master of Business Administration (CEMBA) degree in 2012. [2]
Namliit Boar is a member of the New Patriotic Party and represented the Bunkpurugu constituency in the North East Region in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [2] [3]
e contested the Bunkpurugu constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won with 14,590 votes,representing 49.07% of the total votes. He was elected over Anthony B. Gingon of the National Democratic Congress who polled 14,306 votes,which is equivalent to 48.12%,IND parliamentary candidate Namuburr Berrick who had 656 votes representing 2.21%,and the parliamentary candidate for the Convention People's Party Nawang David Monipaak had 180 votes,representing 0.61% of the total votes. [4]
Namliit Boar again contested the Bunkpurugu (Gbana parliament constituency) on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the 2020 Ghanaian general election but lost the election to Bandim Abed- Nego Azumah of the National Democratic Congress. [5] [6] [7]
In March 2017,President Nana Akufo-Addo named Boar one of the ten deputy regional ministers who would form part of his government. [8] [9] [10] He was vetted by the Appointments Committee of the Parliament of Ghana in the same month. [11] The committee approved him and his name was forwarded to Speaker of Parliament for further approval by the general house of parliament. [12]
Boar is a Christian (Baptist). He is married (with five children). [2]
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