Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed

Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed (born December 14, 1974) is Ghanaian politician and member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He once served as the member of Parliament for Nanton,[1] the Deputy Minister for Information and Media Relations and the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.[2][3]

Hon.
Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed
MP
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
2014–2017
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Succeeded byCarlos Kingsley Ahenkorah
Member of Parliament for Nanton Constituency
In office
2013–2017
Preceded byIddrisu Abdul-Kareem
Succeeded byMohammed Hardi Tuferu
Deputy Minister for Information and Media Relations
In office
2013–2014
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Succeeded by(merged with Minister for Communications from 16 July 2014) Felix Kwakye Ofosu
Personal details
Born (1974-12-14) 14 December 1974
Ghana
Political partyNDC
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
University of Ghana
ProfessionPolitician and Development Planner

Early years and education

Muhammed attended Ghana Senior High (GHANASCO), Tamale. He is a trained teacher who holds a teachers certificate A from Tamale College of Education (TACE) formerly Tamale training College (TATCO),Tamale.[4] He also holds a master's degree in Development Planning and International Relations and Diplomacy from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the University of Ghana respectively.[4]

Political career

In 2009 after the NDC won in 2008 elections ,Murtala Muhammed was appointed the deputy national coordinator of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) by President John Evans Atta Mills which was later rebranded into Ghana Youth Employment Development Agency, (GYEDA).[5][6] He held this position until he was elected Member of Parliament for the Nanton Constituency in the 2012 Elections.

Member of Parliament

In 2006, following the decision of Professor Wayo Seini MP for Tamale Central constituency to cross the carpet to the NPP, a bye-elections was to be held to fill in as the constitution states. Ahead of the bye-elections Muhammed stood for the NDC primaries but lost to Inusah Fuseini who he lost again to in the 2008 NDC primaries.[7] He later moved to stand for the primaries in the Nanton Constituency in the following elections.[8]

2012 Parliamentary elections

Muhammed served as member of parliament for the Nanton Constituency in the sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[9][10] In December 2012, he won the parliamentary election to represent the Nanton constituency by getting 10,369 votes representing 52.66% of the total votes cast against his closest contender who was the incumbent member of parliament, Abdul-Kareem Iddrisu who got 8,667 votes representing 44.02%.[11]

2016 Parliamentary elections

In 2016,after serving one term in parliament, he lost his bid to be reelected as member of parliament to Mohammed Hardi Tuferu in the parliamentary elections. Tuferu garnered 11,346 votes representing 51.84% against Muhammed's 10,451 votes representing 47.75% of the votes cast.[12][13] Ahead of the elections Muhammed was heard on radio stating that some other member of parliaments in the northern region were plotting to unseat him as member of parliament for Nanton.[10]

2020 Parliamentary elections

After the member of parliament for Tamale Central Inusah Fuseini decided not to run for the 2020 parliament elections the parliamentary seat become a vacant one for the National Democratic Congress going into the elections.[7][14] As a result of that Murtala Muhammed declared his intentions to once again stand in the NDC primaries for the Tamale Central after unsuccessful primaries against Inusah Fuseini in 2006 and 2008. In August 2019, he won the primaries after getting 737 votes against his two contenders Alhassan Adam and Abdul Hanan Gundado who got 181 votes and 319 votes respectively.[15][16]

Deputy Minister

Muhammed served as both Deputy Minister for Information and Media Relations and subsequently Trade and Industry under the John Mahama government from between 2013–2017.[8] In March 2013, he was appoint by President John Dramani Mahama to serve as deputy Minister to then Minister Mahama Ayariga, in the Ministry of Information and Media Relations.[17] After serving in that capacity for one year, the President, realigned and merged the Ministry of Information and Media Relations and the Ministry of Communications because the two ministries were in a way regarded as duplicates.[18][19] Due to the merger and reshuffle he was moved to serve as Deputy Minister of Tade and Industry along with Kweku Rickets-Hagan to new Trade and Industry Minister Ekwow Spio Garbrah.[18][20] He served in this role until his party lost the 2016 elections and handed over government to the New Patriotic Party in January 2017.[8]

Personal life

He is a Muslim and married with three children.[4]

References
  1. "Murtala Mohammed loses Nantong seat to NPP". Citi 97.3 FM – Relevant Radio. Always. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. ultimatefmonline.com (31 December 2016). "My defeat was internally inflicted – Murtala Muhammed". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. "Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, Please Do Your Homework Before You Speak!". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  4. "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Muhammed, Muritala Ibrahim". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. radioxyzonline (19 July 2012). "NYEP changed to GYEDA". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  6. "Abuga Pele's prosecution "sad" – Murtala". www.ghanaweb.com. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  7. "Jostling for Tamale Central NDC parliamentary seat begins as Inusah Fuseini bows out from parliament". Graphic Online. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  8. Abdulai, Azure Imoro (2 April 2019). "Murtala Mohammed Eyes Tamale Central Parliamentary Seat". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  9. "I'm not arrogant; I'm peaceful, humble – Murtala Mohammed". www.ghanaweb.com. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  10. "MP plotting to unseat me – Murtala Mohammed". Citi 97.3 FM – Relevant Radio. Always. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  11. FM, Peace. "Nanton Constituency Results – Election 2012". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  12. FM, Peace. "Nanton Constituency Results – Election 2016". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  13. "Murtala Mohammed loses Nantong seat to NPP". Citi 97.3 FM – Relevant Radio. Always. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  14. "My decision not to contest in 2020 does not mean I'm exiting Parliament forever – Inusah Fuseini". www.ghanaweb.com. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  15. "NDC Primaries: Murtala wins Tamale Central". GBC Ghana Online. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  16. "NDC Parliamentary Primaries results". The Ghana Report. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  17. Frimpong, Enoch Darfah (27 March 2013). "26 Deputy Ministers named". Graphic Online. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  18. presidency.gov.gh (16 July 2014). "Full list of Ministers out; Spio-Garbrah in as Information Ministry scrapped". Graphic Online. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  19. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Surprise cabinet reshuffle in Ghana | DW | 17.07.2014". DW.COM. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  20. "Chinese Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Sun Baohong Visited the Northern Region". gh.china-embassy.org. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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