Zuwera Ibrahimah

Zuwera Mohammed Ibrahimah is a Ghanaian politician.[1][2] She is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).[3] She is the member of parliament for the Salaga South Constituency in the Savannah region of Ghana.[4]

Hon.

Zuwera Ibrahimah
Member of Parliament for
Salaga South Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
Nationality Ghanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress

Politics

In August 2019, she contested for the National Democratic Congress primaries for Salaga South Constituency and won as the candidate to present the party in the December 2020 Elections.[5]

Zuwera Ibrahimah garnered 472 votes to win the election against Ibrahim Abubakari Dey, a former former two-term member of Parliament for the constituency, Ahmed Saaka Shaibu Dan and Lukman Jawula who had 260, 116 and 1 votes respectively.[6]

Ibrahimah won the 2020 parliamentary elections for Salaga South Constituency to make history as the first female member of parliament for Savannah Region.[4] She won after polling 20,525 votes votes representing 49.5% against the incumbent member of parliament Salifu Adam Braimah of the New Patriotic Party who had 19,086 votes representing 45.90%.[7][8] She is one of the 40 women and the only one from the Savannah Region who will be representing their respective constituencies in the 8th Parliament from 7 January 2021.[9]

References
  1. steve (2019-06-18). "Hajia Zuwera Ibrahimah plot to kick out Savannah Regional Minister as MP for Salaga South constituency". Ghana Alert. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  2. "NDC Salaga South candidate optimistic of victory". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  3. "Hajia Zuwera Ibrahimah Courts Support Of Grunshie Youth". Modern Ghana. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  4. Duodu Samuel ,Alhassan Zakaria (2020-12-16). "Hajia Zuwera, first woman MP-elect in Savanna Region". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  5. "Hajia Zuwera Ibrahimah". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  6. CitiNewsRoom (2019-08-25). "#NDCDecides: Zuwera Ibrahimah secures NDC ticket in Salaga South primaries". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  7. Duodu, Samuel (2020-12-08). "Savannah Regional Minister, Salifu Adam Braimah loses Salaga South seat". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  8. "Salaga South Summary - 2020 Elections". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  9. "Meet the 40 female MPs-elect of 8th Parliament". MyJoyOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.


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