10/12/2025
*LIST OF APPOINTEES OF PRESIDENT JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA WHO HAIL FROM SAVANNAH REGION AND MATTERS ARISING.*
The Savannah Region which is the home region of the president of Ghana have had some of her sons and daughters appointed to serve in the government. Though, Ghanaians especially other tribes in Northern Ghana are not happy with the list because according to them the president has considered more people from his tribe or region than theirs, many tongues in the Savannah region are also complaining of the uneven distribution of the positions according to the constituencies and tribes in the Savannah Region.
Below is the list of the appointees and their respective constituencies.
*BOLE-BAMBOI CONSTITUENCY*
1) Hon. Alhaji Yussif Sulemana……... Deputy minister of Lands and Natural Resources.
2) Mr. Charles Kipo………. Director General, National Investigation Bureau.
3) Hajia Forgor……... Coordinator, National School Feeding Programme.
4) Dr. Abdul Sammed Tanko………. CEO, Ghana Medical Centre.
5) Dr. Leslie Issah Adam Zakaria……………Managing Director, Ridge hospital.
6) Dr. Zakaria Mumuni (Cousin to John Mahama) ………………...Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana.
7) Tingawura Abudu Samson………. Council of state member
😎 Yussif Issaka Jaja…………………… Deputy Minister of Environment and Science and board member, Ghana Exporty Promotion A uthority.
9) Yeboah Iddisah…………. Deputy CEO, DVLA
10) R. A. Jalil…………. Corporate Manager, VRA
11) Prof, Afisah Abu Jaja………………… Board Member, Ghana Water Company Limited.
12) Iddisah Queen Nkilwurche Boresah (Niece to Yussif Jaja) ……………………... CEO, Ghana Buffer Stock
13) Sanni Jajah( Brother to Usif Jajah)............ Deputy ambassador to Saudi Arabia
14) Alhaji Osman Sulemana…………………………Director, Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Minerals Development Fund.
15) Mr. Peter Nuhu ………………Deputy National Director of Feed Ghana Project in charge of the farmer services centers and Board Member, Ghana Export Promotion Authority.
16) Dr. Sheriff Adam………………………………Deputy Director General, Ghana Boundaries Commission.
17) Dr. Abiba Zakariah……........ Commissioner, National Insurance Commission
18) Hamda Zakariah............... Executive Secretary, Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission.
19) Mahama Haruna.......... Presidential aide in the office of the Minister of State, Special initiatives( Office of the president).
20) Sawlawura. Iddrisu Abdulai Nungbaso( Chief of Sawla)........... Board member, Road Trust Fund Maintenance
*YAPEI- KUSAWGU CONSTITUENCY*
1) Hon. John Jinapor………………. Minister of Energy
2) Mankpangwura Acho Ade I………………. Member of Council of State.
3) Dr. Chief Doliwura……………………. Managing Director, National Investment Bank.
4) Mr. Mankir Rahman (former research assistant to John Jinapor) …………... Managing Director, Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company.
5) Mohammed Abubakari Gazari………. Deputy CEO, Valco Trust Fund
6) Salisu Biawurbi………………. Savannah Regional Minister
7) Bridgewurche Barchisu Mankir (Biological sister of Mankir Rahman) ………………………… Board Member, PURC
😎 Mr. Abdulai Abdul-Mumin…………………. Member of Tree Crop Board
9) Buipewura Jinapor Abdulai( Father of John Jinapor)…………………………… Board member, Local Government Service Board.
10) Dr. Gameli Dominic Kewurabe Hoedoafia………. Executive secretary to Inter ministerial Committee.
11) Mumuni Shiraz Ibn Yacin............. Director for Strategy, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.
13) Prof. Ahmed Jinapor............... Director General, Ghana Tertiary Education Council
*SALAGA SOUTH CONSTITUENCY*
1) Dr. Callistus Mahama( Close friend of the president)………… Executive Secretary to the President
2) Madam Joyce Bawah………………. Presidential Advisor (Cousin to the president)
3) Mr. John Bawah(Biological brother of Joyce Bawah and cousin to the president)…… Managing Director, State Housing Corporation.
4) Alhaji Inusah…………………... Deputy CEO, National Youth Authority
5) Lawyer Mohammed Amin…………. Board member, Go Energy.
6) Chief Jawula Okitikata (Greater Accra Regional Gonja Chief) …………………. Board member, State Housing Corporation.
7) Hajia Zuwera(MP)………………………………….. Board Member, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.
*DAMONGO CONSTITUENCY.*
1) Mr. Adam Mutawakilu………... Managing Director, Ghana Water Company Limited.
2) Dr. Dramani Issahaku Ecomog…………………. Deputy CEO, National Petroleum Authority.
3) Mr. Malik Basintale (Cousin to John Jinapor) …………………...CEO, Youth Employment Authority.
4) Alhaji Mahama Abu Salange ( Close friend of MD, GWL) …………………… Board Member, Ghana Water Limited.
5) Issifu Seidu Kudus( Special aide to the MD, Ghana Water Company Limited), Board member, Community Water and Sanitation Agency.
6) Alhassan Baba Darison( President, Gonjaland Youth Association, Board Chairman, Ghana Tourism Authority
*DABOYA- MANKARGU CONSTITUENCY*
1) Abu Hassan Mahama Azanji…………………. Deputy Managing Director………………. Volta Aluminium Company.
2) Sorku Yawuza…………………. Presidential Staffer (Playing the role of a deputy regional minister).
3) Lawyer Mahama Shaibu Obey (MP)…………………... Member of GoldBod and auditor and administrator,Ghana Hajj board.
*SAWLA/TUNA/KALBA*
1) Dr. Margaret Miewiem Chebre…………………………… Ambassador to Denmark.
2) Hon. Dari Andrew Chiwiitey…………………………... Board Member, Agricultural Development Bank
3) Kongwura Jinkurge( Paramount Chief of Kong Traditional Council).…..........Board member, Ghana Free Zones Board.
*SALAGA NORTH CONSTITUENCY*
1) Hon. Alhassan Dramani…………………………………...Board member, Ghana Civil Aviation Authority
The Bole- Bamboi constituency which is the home constituency of the president is the highest receiver with about 19 appointments. The complaint of many is that despite the weight of the president, his home constituency have received not just the highest appointments but very lucrative and strategic ones. Others also bring in the tribal factor that almost all the 19 appointees in the constituency are Gonjas thereby leaving out the Vagalas, Mos, Birifors and Safalbas. Worthy of mentioning is the anger of the people of Bole because of the removal of Prof. Zakariah Nuhu as the CEO for Ghana Ambulance Service. According to them since he occupied the position, he has been influencial in the employment of many youth of Bole into the service, hence his removal has taken that benefit away from them.
The Yapei- Kusawgu constituency is the second highest receiver with nine ( 9) appointments. Whereas many has praised the MP of the area who is also the minister of energy and transition for pushing some of his constituents into agencies under his ministry, other Gonjas in other constituencies feel that he hasn't extended his hand of help to them. Another complaint that has catch fire is that nobody from the Debre Traditional Area have been appointed despite the loyalty of that area to the NDC.
The Salaga South constituency follows the Yapei-Kusawgu constituency with the highest number of appointments having 7. Many people in the constituency are not only complaining of two siblings, Madam Joyce Bawah and John Bawah but they also hammer on the issue that both appointees though hails from the constituency but have no direct link with members of the constituency. Many are not also happy that Hajia Zuwera is not appointed either a substantive minister of state or a deputy minister of state. They argue that as the only female MP of the region, she should have been rewarded with that appointment to serve as a stimulus to other females in the region.
The Damongo constituency which host the regional capital has only 5 appointments. The death of Sandanpewura Alhaji Limuna Muniru who was the deputy national security coordinator in charge of human security has left one faction of the NDC in the constituency hopeless. Factually, his appointment came as a sign of relief to supporters of the party who seem not to be in the good books of Mr. Adam Mutawakilu Garlus. Many are therefore agitating for his replacement with either Mr. Bakari Ali or Lawyer Mumuni Baba Zankawah who are members of the Alhaji Muniru faction of the party in the constituency. The Larabanga zone of the constituency as well as supporters of Lawyer Baba Zankawah are not happy with his exclusion from the government structure. They press home the point that it is all an attempt to suppress him from contesting in the next parliamentary primaries when the time is due.
In the Daboya- Mankargu constituency, voices are raised on the fact that Mr. Abu Hassan Mahama Azanji and Mr. Sorku Yawuza even though are natives of Daboya but politically, they have no influence and impact on the constituency because they are based in Tamale. A significant number of the people are not also happy because Dr. Ahmed Dawale who has endered himself with the youth is not appointed.
In the Sawla/Tuna/Kalba and Salaga North constituencies, there is the cry out there that the president has not seen anybody in the Constituencies worthy of appointment to any strategic position. The constituents of Sawla/ Tuna/ Kalba agigate that since they have always voted for the NDC in both presidential and parliamentary elections since 1992 to date, they needed to be compensated with a juicy appointment.
Iddi Adam Osman
A Concerned Savannarian and Gonjalander.
