Solomon Namliit Boar (born 15 July 1968) is a

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politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Bunkpurugu from 2017 to 2021. He is a member of the

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and served as the first Regional Minister of the newly-created North East Region of Ghana. He was also a deputy Northern Regional Minister from 2017 until the creation of the Northeast Region.

Early life and education

He hails from Bunkpurugu, a town in the Northeast Region of Ghana. He studied at the

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, and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in management studies in 2007. He also attended the

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), commonly known as UST, Tech or Kwame Tech, is a public university located in Kumasi, Ashanti region, Ghana. The university focuses on science and technology. It is the second public uni ...

, where he obtained his Executive Master of Business Administration (CEMBA) degree in 2012.

Politics

Namliit Boar is a member of the New Patriotic Party and represented the Bunkpurugu constituency in the North East Region in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

2016 election

He contested the Bunkpurugu constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the

2016 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2016 to elect a President of Ghana, President and all 275 Members of Parliament of Ghana, Parliament. They had originally been scheduled for 7 November 2016, but the date was later rejected by P ...

and won with 14,590 votes, representing 49.07% of the total votes. He was elected over Anthony B. Gingon of the National Democratic Congress who polled 14,306 votes, which is equivalent to 48.12%, IND parliamentary candidate Namuburr Berrick who had 656 votes representing 2.21%, and the parliamentary candidate for the

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Nawang David Monipaak had 180 votes, representing 0.61% of the total votes.

2020 election

Namliit Boar again contested the Bunkpurugu (Gbana parliament constituency) on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the

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but lost the election to Bandim Abed- Nego Azumah of the National Democratic Congress.

Deputy Minister

In March 2017, President

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named Boar one of the ten deputy regional ministers who would form part of his government. He was vetted by the Appointments Committee of the

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in the same month. The committee approved him and his name was forwarded to

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for further approval by the general house of parliament.

Personal life

Boar is a Christian (Baptist). He is married (with five children).

Employment

* Finance and Administrative Manager, New Energy, Tamale * Manager/administrator/HR practitioner

References

Living people 1968 births Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 New Patriotic Party politicians Tamale Senior High School alumni People from North East Region (Ghana) Ghanaian Christians {{Ghana-politician-stub