Sulemana Alhassan

Sulemana Alhassan is a Ghanaian politician born on 6 May 1992 in Gbankurugu, who serves as the Member of Parliament for the Yunyoo constituency in the North East Region. A first-time parliamentarian elected in December 2024 on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress, he is among the younger members of Ghana's Ninth Parliament, bringing to the legislature a background in human resource management and a close connection to the communities of the North East Region's Bunkpurugu-Nakpayili area.

Education

Alhassan attended Gushegu Senior High School, where he completed his West African Senior School Certificate Examination in May 2014. He subsequently pursued tertiary education at Valley View University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Resource Management in November 2024, a qualification he completed in the same year as his parliamentary election. The near-simultaneous completion of his degree and his entry into Parliament marks the beginning of a public career that has moved quickly from academic study to national representation.

Parliamentary career

His election as NDC Member of Parliament for Yunyoo in December 2024 was his first successful parliamentary campaign. He assumed office in January 2025, joining a parliament in which the NDC held a significant majority following the party's strong performance in the general election. He was assigned to the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee and the Ways and Means Committee, parliamentary assignments that connect his work to the agricultural economy that underpins livelihoods across the North East Region, and to the financial oversight role that the Ways and Means Committee performs within the legislature. The Yunyoo constituency, in a region created in 2019, remains among Ghana's newer parliamentary seats, and its representation demands particular attention to the foundational infrastructure and service delivery needs of communities still building their engagement with regional and national governance structures.

Political Legacy

Sulemana Alhassan's election at thirty-two to represent one of Ghana's newer constituencies reflects both the political opening that the NDC's 2024 victory created and the ambition of a young north-eastern Ghanaian who pursued academic and political goals in parallel. His committee assignments place him at the interface of agricultural policy and national financial oversight, broad responsibilities for a first-term legislator from a region where both matter enormously.