The Member of Parliament (MP) elect for Savelugu Constituency in the North­ern Region, Hajia Fathahiya Abdul Aziz, has applauded the people and the constituency executives for the nod given to her to serve them for next four years.

She expressed her happiness for the love they had given to her during the campaigning up to her victory in the just ended general election.

The MP-elect made the state­ment in an interview with The Ghanaian Times here in Tamale on Wednesday. "I'm so happy and grateful to the NPP party for the care and warmest love given to me to ensure my victory," she stated Hajia Abdul-Azziz thanked the chiefs, youth, and wom­en groups for voting for her massively to snatch the seat from the NDC, adding that the victory was not only for her alone but was for the entire constituency.

The MP-elect pulled 27,450 votes to beat the incumbent MP for the area, Mr Abdulai Jacob Iddrisu, who had 24,877 votes.