Ya-Na Abukari Mahama II has enskinned Mustapha Sanah, a development management specialist as the Chief of Dalun, under the traditional title Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II.
Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II, known in private life as Mustapha Sanah, is the Executive Chairman of Northern Development and Democratic Institute, NDDI, a premier liberal democratic public policy think-tank based in Tamale, in the Northern Region.
During the enskiment at the forecourt of the Gbewaa Palace, many people extolled Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II as a pragmatist and a progressive royal of Dagbon who prioritised peace, development and intra and inter-ethnic harmony and co-existence as the surest way forward for the sustainable development of the Dagbon State and Northern Ghana.
The Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II served the Ya-Na Abukari II creditably and the Dagbon Traditional State in many roles.
He served on many committees including finance, protocol and publicity during the investiture of Ya-Na Abukari II in 2019.
He is a speechwriter at the office of the Ya-Na and also co-ordinated the external relations affairs of the King of Dagbon.
Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II is a member of the royal family of Dagbon. He was born to His Royal Highness, Diare-Lana Amadu-Sanah, a grandson of Diare-lana Dahamani.
Diare-lana Dahamani, a respected chief of Diare and an astute Islamic scholar and astronomist was a grandson of Ya-Na Andani Jangbariga, from his famous daughter Princess Pagsan, Sister of Pakpan Shetu, mother of Yelzol-Lan Lagfu and Tijo-Naa Abdulai.
By royal lineage, the parents and grandparents of Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II are referred to as pagbihi, to wit, royals from the princesses.
Dalun Traditional Area is a farming area and a strategic geo-political zone located at the North-West of Tamale, along the White Volta, and near Kumbungu.
The new Dalun -Lana will be outdoored on Friday, February 16, 2024, at the forecourt of the Dalun Palace at Dalun, in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region.
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