Chairman Samba wins Chairmanship race to lead NPP in the Northern Region again

by Inusah Dondaliya

16th August 2026

Mohammed Bantima Samba has been retained as Northern Regional Chairman of the NPP following a landslide victory in the Chairmanship Contest of the Regional Delegates Conference, shrugging off competition from 3 other contenders.

Chairman Samba polled 215 votes to emerge the winner, while Alhaj Inusah ‘Dagomba Boy’ trailed him with 122 votes. Alhaj Fuseini Musah gained 44 votes to place third in the contest. In comparison, Salifu Abdul Rahaman Mumin COP(Jack Sparrow) got a paltry 5 votes, signalling a total rejection of his candidacy by the delegates of the NPP.

In the Secretary position, a Lecturer and Patron of the NPP at the Tamale Campus of UDS, Dr. Abdul Karim Abdul Rahaman Kpalaa received an overwhelming endorsement with 315 votes, against 63 votes garnered by his opponent, Dr. Fuseini Zakaria Kpana.

The Regional Youth Organizer position, which was fiercely contested among five contestants, pulled a surprise after Ibrahim Abdul Aziz(Azey) won the contest at the expense of 2 popular faces within the party, including Veteran Media Personality, Mohammed Abukari Naporoo(DJ Parara), and a known Party Activist, Ilee Waale, who hitherto of the delegates conference were front-runners given commentaries on social media platforms.

Notable Incumbent Regional Executives such as Alhaj Iddrisu ‘Sunday’ and Yussif Toyibu ‘Agenda’ lost out on the First Vice Chairman and Treasurer positions, respectively, to Ayamba Yelmangli and Baba Gushegu. While Toyibu ‘Agenda’ lost by a single vote, ‘Alhaj Sunday’ lost his position by 53 votes.

Hajia Sureiya Abdul Manan also won the bid to become the Northern Regional Women Organizer Position after polling 153 votes to beat off competition from 4 others.

From the contest, three candidates stood unopposed. They include Northern Regional Organizer, Alhaj Rashid Salifu COP, 2nd Vice Chairman, Alhaj Mohammed Abdul Rahaman, and Communications Director, Yussif Danjummah.

‎Below are the results
‎
‎Chairman
‎Samba 215
‎Fuseini Musah 44
‎Dagomba boy 122
‎Jack 5
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‎1st Vice Chairman
‎Iddrisu Sunday – 117
‎Ayamba Yelimagli – 270
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‎Secretary
‎Dr. Fuseini Bawah Zakaria – 63
‎Dr. Abdul Rahman Karim Kpala – 324
‎
‎DEPUTY SECRETARY
‎Ahmed King Faisal -151
‎Kaleem M. Ibrahim – 60
‎Bediako Jeremiah – 176
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‎Nasara Organizer
‎Mohammed Ibrahim – 128
‎Saakibu H. Mohammed – 39
‎Yussif Mozel Alhassan Salman -26
‎Dipantiche M. Lukman -42
‎Afisheto Muazu -104
‎Thabit Ibn Issah -48
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‎WOMEN ORGANIZER
‎Suraiya Manan – 153
‎Alice Dawuni – 31
‎Rashida Abdulai – 105
‎Zenabu Sulemana – 30
‎Salamatu Abdul Rauf – 8
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‎Treasurer
‎Mohammed Yussif Toyibu – 174
‎Damba Abdul Rauf – 37
‎Husseini Abubakari Saddiq- 175
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‎Youth Organiser
‎Illiasu Ibrahim – 26
‎Mohammed Naporo Abubakari – 137
‎Mohammed Nazeru Alhassan – 22
‎Abdul Mutalib Kwayaja Yaatun – 32
‎Ibrahim Abdul Aziz – 170