Mr Farouk Aliu Mahama, son of late former Vice-President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, has won the NPP’s parliamentary primaries in Yendi.

The elections were held on Saturday, 20 June 2020.

He was declared the winner of the polls after garnering 244 of the valid votes cast.

His contenders in the race, Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) and Baba Osman Daney managed to secure 210 and 139 votes, respectively.

Farouk Aliu Mahama is a Certified International Supply Chain Professional, who is currently the Deputy Procurement Manager of the Ghana Cocoa Board.