Lukumanu Iddrisu, a Ghanaian academic and civic leader based in Vaasa, Finland, has become the first Ghanaian elected as a municipal councilor in Finland.
In a social media post, Saddick Adams, a Ghanaian journalist, highlighted that Lukumanu's victory in the 2025 municipal elections, where he garnered 284 votes, secured him the seventh-highest vote within the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Vaasa, ultimately earning him a seat on the Vaasa Municipal Council.
Arriving in Vaasa as a student in 2014, Iddrisu began his life in Finland working as a cleaner while pursuing his education.
Through resilience and determination, he rose to become a Project Manager and a public figure.
