Zuwera Mohammed Ibrahimah

Zuwera Mohammed Ibrahimah is the first woman from the Salaga area elected to Parliament in the Fourth Republic. She represents Salaga South for the NDC.

Background

She was born on 27 July 1970 to the late Alhaji Mohammed Zublilah Ibrahimah of Kpembe, a former principal of Tamale Polytechnic, and Adisah Nassamu Ibrahimah. She grew up partly in Winneba and attended Tamale Senior High School, finishing her schooling in Kano, Nigeria, where her father taught at Bayero University. She holds a BA in management studies from the University of Cape Coast (1998), a postgraduate diploma in community development from Trent University in Canada, an MA in communication studies (2006) and an Executive MBA in marketing (2007) from the University of Ghana, and a master's in diplomacy and international trade from the University of East Anglia (2012). She has been working on a PhD in media and communication at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Career

She was deputy director of the Information Services Department and worked across the three northern regions as a project officer on small-town water supply and, with Catholic Relief Services, on primary school quality.