Attah Issah or Atta Issah is a

Ghanaian The Ghanaian people are a nation originating in the Gold Coast (region), Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 34 million people as of ...

politician who is a member of the ninth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana representing Sagnarigu (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Northern Region of Ghana. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress(NDC). Issah married Hajia Karima

Educational career

Attah Issah holds BSc in Economics from the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It is the oldest public university in the country. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the British colony of the Gold Coast ...

and Master's degree in Finance from the

University of Professional Studies The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) formerly known as the Institute of Professional Studies (IPS), is a public university in Ghana. The main campus is located in Accra. UPSA is the first university in Ghana to provide both academ ...

, UPSA. He want to Business Senior High School (BISCO),

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Politics

NDC 2023 parliamentary primaries

Hon. Attah Issah contested the National Democratic Congress(NDC) 2023 primaries and won with 801 votes of the total votes over Hon. Alhassan Bashir Alhassan Fuseini after receiving 330 votes. Other contenders in the election are Abdul Majid, who had 42 votes, Ahmed Yakubu, who received 120, and Hamzah Abubakar, who polled 27. Therefore, Issah represent the Sagnarigu constituency on the ticket of National Democratic Congress in the 2024 Ghanaian general election.

2024 Ghanaian general election

Issah first contested the Sagnarigu constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the

2024 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2024 to elect the president and all 276 members of Parliament. The incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo, having completed his constitutional term limits, was ineligible for re-election. Former P ...

and won with 44, 530 votes representing 74.38% of the total votes over Felicia Tetteh of the

New Patriotic Party The New Patriotic Party (NPP; ) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian ...

who had 15, 338 votes which is equivalent to 25.62%.

Parliamentary Committee

Attah served as a member of the - Finance committee - Trade, Industry and Tourism.

Awards

He was awarded 2023 Leadership personality of the year by KIP Events.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Issah, Attah Living people National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians Dagomba people Ghanaian Muslims People from Tamale, Ghana Politicians from Northern Region (Ghana) Year of birth missing (living people)