Haruna Iddrisu vows to unseat NPP MP for Savelugu, gifts NDC a Tundra pick-up

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu and Member of Parliament(MP) for Tamale South is determined help reclaim the Savelugu seat for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern Region.

The NDC lost the seat which is one of their traditional seats in the region to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following unresolved political disagreements being fallout from the constituency parliamentary primaries that saw the exit of Hajia Mary Salifu Boforo.

Checks revealed that the emergence of an independent candidate from the NDC because the person felt disgruntled after the primaries paved the way for the NPP to win the seat.

Haruna Iddrisu, has however resolved that the party is poised to regain all or some of the parliamentary seats it lost in the 2016 general election in the Northern Region.

He mentioned that the parliamentary seats that the party was likely to regain as Savelugu, Nanton, Saboba, Tolon, Wulensi, Bimbilla and Gushegu which the party lost to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2016 general election.

To ensure that this is not an exercise in futility, the Tamale South lawmaker has presented a Tundra Pick-Up to Savelugu Constituency to aid the Parliamentary Candidate, as well as the executives run their day-to-day activities in order to solidify the grounds in order to reclaim the seat.

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu and Member of Parliament(MP) for Tamale South is determined help reclaim the Savelugu seat for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern Region.

The NDC lost the seat which is one of their traditional seats in the region to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following unresolved political disagreements being fallout from the constituency parliamentary primaries that saw the exit of Hajia Mary Salifu Boforo.

Checks revealed that the emergence of an independent candidate from the NDC because the person felt disgruntled after the primaries paved the way for the NPP to win the seat.

Haruna Iddrisu, has however resolved that the party was also poised to regain all or some of the parliamentary seats it lost in the 2016 general election in the Northern Region.

He mentioned that the parliamentary seats that the party was likely to regain as Savelugu, Nanton, Saboba, Tolon, Wulensi, Bimbilla and Gushegu which the party lost to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2016 general election.

To ensure that this is not an exercise in futility, the Tamale South lawmaker has presented a Tundra Pick-Up to Savelugu Constituency to aid the Parliamentary Candidate as well as the executives run their day-to-day activities in order to solidify the grounds in order to reclaim the seat.

Northern Regional Secretary of the NDC Mohammed Abdul Salam who confirmed the gesture to MyNewsGh.com said it was based on a request made by a number of constituencies in the Region through the MP.

“Some constituencies approached my Chairman for support in terms of logistics and he in turn spoke to his good friend who is Haruna Iddrisu. He decided to help and therefore donated this vehicle to Savelugu which is one of our prime areas. I am sure more of such will come though I am unable to tell if it would be from the former Minister or not”, he revealed.

2016 Election Results in Savelugu Constituency

John Mahama won in the Constituency in 2016 polling 21,433 votes 55.35% as against then Candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who polled 15,729 votes representing 40.62%.

In the parliamentary, Muhammed Abdul-Samed Gunu of the NPP had 13,334 votes representing 34.21% as against the NDC’s Alhassan Abdulai Red who got 12,590 representing 32.31%.

The independent candidate one Alhassan Iddrisu who felt cheated and broke away from the NDC to contest the seat also obtained 12,623 votes representing 32.39%