The Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu has revealed that he will seek re-election for a fifth term in the December 2020 general elections.

Promising to continue to serve with “humility and integrity”, Mr. Iddrisu appealed to the constituents to renew his mandate after thanking them for previous opportunities.

“Therefore come 2020, I will run formally as Member of Parliament candidate for the Tamale South Constituency. I want to use this opportunity to profoundly thank the people of Tamale South; they remain a tower of strength to me and unwavering support. I’m sure any candidate within the NDC and without the NDC into the New Patriotic Party can only await a humiliating defeat if they want to run for the seat,” Mr. Iddrisu stated.

According to him, the declaration was timely and necessary to dispel widespread conflicting rumours about his next political ambitions and ultimately  put to rest the offstage discussions about being the potential favourite candidate for the running mate position of his party going into the 2020 elections, which is less than 24 months ahead.

He explained, “So this will bring to rest all the speculation about Haruna’s political future. The other side of my future is onto God and Allah. I have always said that, we swear by: “Wal Fajir Wa layaalin Ashr”, we swear by God’s time as and when God’s opportunity to do other things with the accumulated experience, we’re yet to know but I do intend to renew my mandate and to serve as Member of Parliament for Tamale South and the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic”.

Mr Iddrisu who is currently the Minority Leader in Parliament has been an MP since 2005.