Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II
The King of Dagbon, Ya-Na Abukari Mahama II, has enskinned Mustapha Sanah, a development management specialist as the Chief of Dalun, under a traditional title Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II.
The newly enskinned chief is the Executive Chairman of the Northern Development and Democratic Institute (NDDI), a premier liberal democratic public policy think-tank based in Tamale.
During the enskinment at the forecourt of the Gbewaa Palace, many people extolled Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II for being pragmatic and a progressive royal of Dagbon who prioritises peace, development, intra and inter ethnic harmony and co-existence as the surest way forward for the sustainable development of the Dagbon State and Northern Ghana.
Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II served Ya-Na Abukari II creditably and the Dagbon Traditional State in many roles even before his enskinment.
He served in many committees including finance, protocol and publicity during the investiture of Ya-Na Abukari II in 2019.
He is a speech writer at the office of the Ya-Na and also coordinates the external relations of the king.
Dalun-Lana Tapha Mahamadu II was born to Diare-Lana Amadu-Sanah, a grandson of Diare-Lana Dahamani.
Diare-Lana Dahamani, was a respected chief of Diare and an astute Islamic scholar.
He 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-Western part 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.