I left radio to join politics not hoping to win — Tamale North MP

I left radio to join politics not hoping to win — Tamale North MP

Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has revealed that his decision to leave journalism for politics was not driven by a desire to win public office but by the constant pressure from people who believed his connections to influential figures meant he could solve their personal problems. According to the legislator, his years in the media exposed him to endless requests for financial assistance and interventions from people w…

Newsroom Poverty Pushed Me Into Politics – Suhuyini

Member of Parliament(MP) for Tamale North, Alhaji Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, has disclosed that he decided to run for political office as a conduit to run away from rising demands from people who thought his proximity to political leaders meant he could solve all their problems. He says he did that with the hope of losing in order to use the story to run away from the demands people made of him. Speaking at the launch of Newsroom Poverty, a book …