Ussif Mustapha

Mustapha was born on 16 August 1979. He hails from Tantaala in the Northern Region of Ghana. He studied at Bagabaga Teacher Training College and Anglia Ruskin University where he obtained his bachelor of arts degree in International Business and Management in 2010. He continued at the University of Gloucestershire where he graduated in 2011 with a master's degree in Finance and Investment.[4][5]

Mustapha worked as an Investment Analyst at Ray and Associates, UK in 2010. That same year, he joined Action Aid UK where he worked as a Freelance Consultant.[4][5]

Mustapha entered parliament on 7 January 2013 on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party after defeating the incumbent member of parliament Abdul-Rauf Tanko Ibrahim. He represented the Yagaba/Kubori Constituency from 2013 to 2017 in the 6th parliament but subsequently lost in his bid to be reelected into the 7th parliament to his previous opponent Abdul-Rauf Tanko Ibrahim of the National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general election.[4][5] In that 6th parliament, he served on the Mines and Energy Committee, and the Standing Orders Committee.[4][5]

In 2017, He was appointed to serve as the Executive Director of the National Service Scheme by president, Nana Akufo-Addo during the first term his government.[6]

He stood for the NPP's parliamentary primaries unopposed and was declared the person to represent the party in the 2020 December elections.[7][8] He beat the incumbent member of parliament Abdul-Rauf Tanko Ibrahim who he had faced on two occasions in the past elections. He won with 18,153 votes representing 64.01% whilst his opponent had 9,393 votes representing 33.14%[1][9]

He is married with two children. He identifies as a Muslim.[4][5]