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BY: Samuel Duodu
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A 65-year-old teacher and a former Principal of the Bagabaga College of Education in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region, Alhaji Adam Zakaria has been elected as the Savannah region representative on the Council of State.
Alhaji Zakaria, a teacher by profession who retired on the rank of Director 2 of the Ghana Education Service (GES) had all the 14 members of the electoral college voting for him to represent the region on the Council of State today.
His two main contenders, Jawula Muhamadu Nurudeen, 71, a traditional ruler and farmer and Mohammed Adam Abdul, 46, a lecturer polled no vote in the contest while a third person, Mohammed Tohir, 42 and a regional director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) withdrew from the poll.