Alhaji Amin Amidu Sulemani, Upper West Regional Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sissala has announced his retirement from active politics following an unassailable defeat in the just ended parliamentary election.
The former Minister of Roads and Highways in an interview with the Chronicle said he was not interested in contesting the Sissala West seat again in the first place but had to rescind his decision after the party talked him into it yet again only to suffer a humiliating lost.
“I did not want to contest the seat in the first place this year, but there was pressure on me from the party. That is how come I contested, but as fate will have it, I lost”
According to information on the ground, the electorate voted “shirt and blouse” (ie, voted for Mahama and NPP candidate).
“I feel proud about my achievements but it is not for me to rate myself but the people I represented, who benefitted from the various projects I embarked on”, he emphasised.
A source, which spoke to The Chronicle, said Alhaji Amin Amidu Sulemani may soon be ‘enskined’ the chief of his village.
Meanwhile, this is the first time the NPP has won the Sissala West seat since 2004, with Mr. Patrick Al-Hassan Adamah polling 13,130 votes as against Alhaji Amin Amidu Sulemani’s 9,762.