Mr Michael Kwame Mumuni, the Upper West Regional First Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has been elected as the Council of State representative for the region.
Mr Mumuni won the election against ten other contestants after he garnered eight out of the 22 valid votes cast in the election held on Monday, February 11, 2025.
The other contestants were Mohammed Ahmed, Kuoro Barecheh Nlowie Baninye, Ibrahim Yakubu Kanda and Derbaa Muinfo David all had zero vote; Alhaji Dauda Yahaya, Rayan Yussif, Minimaana Saaka Al-Moktar and Kuoro Abu Diaka managed only one vote each.
The rest were Emmanuel Kudi Mwinilayuor had three votes, while Dimah Gbene Iddrisu John had seven votes.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Mr Mumuni expressed commitment to facilitating the development interventions of the region.
He said road infrastructure and irrigation facilities would be his major priorities within his four-year tenure.
“I will go and lobby for development for the Upper West Region, my priority is to look at the roads here, that will be my first priority, and to also look at dams (construction)”, he stated.
Mr Mumuni hails from the Jirapa Constituency in the Upper West Region and had served as the NDC Wa Central Constituency executive committee and a two-time Upper West Regional co-opted executive member of the party.
Mr Mumuni contested and won the Upper West Regional first Vice chairman of the NDC in 2018, a position he retained till date after he was reelected in 2022.
Mr Daniel Kwatia-Larbi, the Deputy Upper West Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), supervised the election.