Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini (born 12 September 1979) is a

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ian broadcast journalist and politician. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He is currently a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing Tamale North.

Education

Alhassan Suhuyini attended Ghana Secondary School now Ghana Senior High School (Tamale), GHANASCO in Tamale. He holds a

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and an

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Development management from

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public co-educational university spread over four campuses (Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and made up of six schools, ten research centers located at Greenhill in Accra ...

Career

His career as a radio presenter started at Diamond FM in

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before he moved to the capital of Ghana. He had brief stints with Citi FM and Metro TV in Accra before settling with Radio Gold. He was voted Talk Show Host of the year in 2011, 2012 and 2013 by Radio listeners in Ghana at the Ghana

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. In 2013 he was selected and sponsored by the South Korean government to tour

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as part of its ''Next Generational Leaders from

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'' program. He was a delegate at the 2014

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, a

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professional exchange program. He worked at Radio Gold in

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, where he was the host of two of the station's flagship programs; the morning show called the "Gold Power Drive" and the weekend socio-economic and political current affairs program - ''Alhaji and Alhaji talk show''.

Political career

He was appointed in 2013 by president John Dramani Mahama as board member of

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. He won the Tamale North seat by the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 General election to become the member of parliament. He won the seat by getting 21,280 votes representing 67.79% of the total number.

Personal life

Suhuyini is a trained teacher. He married Hamdiya Amadu Yakubu Vorsky in 2013.

References

Living people Ghanaian Muslims Dagomba people Year of birth missing (living people) Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 Ghana Senior High School (Tamale) alumni {{Ghana-bio-stub