Radio Gold\u2019s Alhassan Suhuyini<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the former Member of Parliament, Alhaji Abukari Sumani and the immediate past Director General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Dr. Abdulai Salifu.<\/p>\n[contextly_sidebar id=”u0VsoYx260IvX9wTx457ron5hugfT4aS”]The rest are Mohammed Kamaldeen, Accountant Tamale Polytechnic, Mohammed Nabila, Director National Youth Council and Mohammed Abdullah, former staff at the Ghana Education Service headquarters.<\/p>\n
Apart from Radio Gold\u2019s Alhassan Suhuyini who has openly declared his intention earlier in a Citi News interview, the Tamale North constituency Secretary, Mohammed Abdul Salam has also announced his bid.<\/p>\n
Mohammed Abdul Salam is emphatic that he will emerge victorious at the end of the primary.<\/p>\n
According to him, he has since 1992 served the party in various capacities and that he was well connected to the grassroots.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do not doubt that at the end of seventh November the person to be declared the winner of the congress for Tamale North will be Mohammed Abdul Salam but I am saying that it is a game of politics: within a space of three months a lot of things can change for which reason I am not trying to play as a frontrunner.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am pretending to play into the game as the under-dog I do not believe that there is any branch in the NDC in the constituency of Tamale North where you if you have an assembly of 10 people I will not be able to identify seven out of the 10 by their names that is the kind of relationship that I have with Tamale North.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said his popularity was enough to win the primary. \u201cSince the dates were announced a lot more people of have been calling on me you know other persons have gone round communities to introduce themselves and to express interest in running as aspirants but I have not, I am known and I don\u2019t need to go round announcing my intention even before time.\u201d<\/p>\n
About six thousand card bearing members might elect their next Parliamentary candidate for the 2016 Parliamentary election.<\/p>\n
The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Tamale North constituency, Hon. Alhassan Dahamani won the seat as an independent candidate in 2012.<\/p>\n
Though President John Mahama overwhelmingly won the Presidential poll, the former MP, Hon. Abukari Sumani suffered from skirt and blouse voting.<\/p>\n
The expansion of the NDC Electoral College will change the dynamics of the upcoming Parliamentary primaries especially that of the Tamale North constituency.<\/p>\n
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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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