A brief Profile of Mr Fuseini Yakubu Abanga – NPP Abanga (Obiaa Bedidi) the aspiring National Youth Organizer for the NPP.
Mr Fuseini Yakubu Abanga’s Education
Mr Fuseini Yakubu Abanga began his education at the Boinsu King of Kings Preparatory and Junior High School. With the understanding that education is the only vehicle to improve himself and change the circumstances of his family and community, he proceeded to the Okomfo Anokye Senior High School in Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region. In 2014, Abanga gained admission to read Political Science and Archaeology at the University of Ghana – a place where he learnt for a degree but also carved his niche in politics and people. He also proceeded to the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) to acquire Certificate in Administration and Management, Law and Governance and Petroleum Oil and Gas.
Mr. Fuseini Yakubu Abanga is currently pursuing Masters in Business Administration in Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. Despite these academic achievements, Mr Fuseini Yakubu Abanga (NPP ABANGA) has maintained an enviable political pursuit.
The TESCON Train
Mr Fuseini Yakubu Abanga was a Representative of Jubilee Hall on the University campus. While in Level 100, he contested for the position of Tescon Organiser and won. Similarly, in 2015, Abanga contested the position of Tescon President, but his candidature suffered a setback. In the process of resolving that setback, he met with the then NPP National Organiser, John Boadu, who took him under his wings – training him to become the mobiliser he is today. Due to his commitment to the party and activism for the NPP on campus, he earned the name NPP Abanga – a name that would follow him to this day.
In the year 2015 to 2016, Mr Fuseini Yakubu Abanga (NPP ABANGA) became National TESCON Campaign Team Member and as Tescon General overseer.
Believe in NPP
As a passionate student of the political history of Ghana, Abanga learnt about the struggle of the UGCC to achieve independence for the Gold Coast. He learnt about the activities of the ‘Big Six’ and the progress Ghana chalked under Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia. He read about the courage and efforts of personalities in the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition during the military regime of the late Jerry John Rawlings for the democratization process and the rule of law in Ghana. Abanga believed that the NPP is the “birther of freedom” and the best platform to achieve development. As someone who believes in democracy, development and prosperity for the broad masses of the Ghanaian people, he identified the NPP as best placed to lift people and communities out of poverty and shape their future.
Man of Mobilisation
At the student level, Mr Fuseini Yakubu Abanga was an effective organizer. The youth leadership under Sammi Awuku would come to rely on Abanga to mobilise students for the party’s fieldwork and for demonstrations.
Abanga marshalled students for the popular, crowd-pulling demonstration dubbed “The Dumsor Vigil” to decry the incessant power cuts under the John Mahama government. He also effectively mobilized for the LET MY VOTE COUNT (LMVC) demonstrations against the bloated register prior to the 2016 elections which eventually brought President Akufo-Addo to power.
Abanga also mobilized students and residents in Greater Accra for the famous “Won Gbo” (we are dying) demonstration to called to bring attention to the high cost of living and the penchant for the John Mahama government to excessively tax the already burdened citizens.
In the year 2019, NPP Abanga was added to the Western North Monitoring and Mobilization Team for the Referendum which gave birth to the regional demarcations. In the same year, Mr Fuseini Yakubu Abanga (NPP ABANGA) contested as a Parliamentary Aspirant for NPP (Aowin Constituency) and lost by a slim margin.