Misplaced Pages

Abdul-Samed Muhamed Gunu

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Ghanaian politician

Abdul-Samed Muhamed Gunu (born 6 April 1966) 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.

Early life and education

Gunu hails from Savelugu in the northern region of Ghana. He attended Ghana Senior High School in Tamale, popularly known as GHANASCO. He studied accounting at Tamale Polytechnic in the year 2000 and proceeded to obtain a master's degree in NGO and Rural Development from the University for Development Studies in the year 2010.

Politics

Gunu was a member of the seventh parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana . In 2016 elections, he became his party's first candidate to win the Savelugu Parliamentary seat with a total of 13,334 votes, representing 34.21% of the total valid votes cast. Gunu served as a Member of Parliament from January 2017 to January 2021. He lost his second term bid in the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections to Jacob Iddriss Abdulai of the National Democratic Congress. Gunu alleged that the election was marred with irregularities and challenged the Parliamentary election results at the Tamale High Court. However, in January 2023, the Court dismissed his petition, declaring his opponent as validly elected. The Court ordered Gunu to pay 40,000 Cedis to the Electoral Commission and another 20,000 Cedis to Jacob Iddriss Abdulai.

In December 2023, Gunu made another attempt to represent his Party as its Candidate for the 2024 Elections. He lost the parliamentary primaries by obtaining just 121 votes as against 532 votes garnered by his main contender, Fathiya Aziz, a presidential staffer.

Personal life

He is a Muslim and married with eight children.

References

  1. "Ghana MPs - List of MPs". GhanaMps. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  2. "Savelugu Hospital in Rags". BridgeNews. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  3. "Muhamed Gunu Abdul-Samed,". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  4. "Savelugu MP Touts His Achievements As Unprecedented". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2016 Results - Savelugu Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  6. "Haruna Iddrisu vows to unseat NPP MP for Savelugu, gifts NDC a Tundra pick-up". GhanaWeb. 2020-04-15. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  7. Anim, Kwadwo. "Court throws out election petition against Savelugu NDC MP; NPP retains Zabzugu - Starr Fm". starrfm.com.gh. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  8. "Akufo-Addo Girl Wins Savelugu NPP Primaries". DailyGuide Network. 2023-12-05. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  9. "Parliament of Ghana". Parliament Of Ghana. Retrieved 2020-09-28.


Flag of GhanaPolitician icon

This article about a Ghanaian politician is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: