Personality Profile
Alhaji Nurah Issah Danwana[1]
Brief Profile:
Alhaji Nurah Issah Danwana[2] is the current Wa Municipal Chief Executive (MCE). He was involved in commissioning a new kindergarten block at the Upper West Regional Hospital in July 2025. He has also pledged to practice inclusive governance for the municipality.
Political affiliation & party roles:
Long-time member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC); has served in senior party administration roles in the Upper West Region (including many years as a deputy/vice-secretary or similar regional party officer).
Appointment / nomination:
Reports around April 2025 record his nomination/selection as Mayor of Wa (the nomination drew public comment from traditional leaders).
Local initiatives and activities:
As Wa MCE he has been publicly associated with sanitation/clean-up campaigns (“Mayor’s Monthly Clean-Up”),[3] plans to decongest the central business district, commissioning local projects (e.g., a two-unit KG block at the regional hospital), and other municipal engagements.
Public presence:
Hon. Nurah Issah Danwana [4]Active on social media (Facebook, Instagram) and regularly appears in local news and assembly press posts about municipal events and programs.
Dr. Ernest Domanaanmwi Ganaa
Introduction:
Dr. Ernest Domanaanmwi Ganaa is a Ghanaian computer scientist and academic, currently serving as a senior lecturer in the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) department and he is also the current Dean for the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology (FAST) of Dr. Hilla Limann Technical University (DHLTU) in Wa, Ghana.[5]
Education Background:
- He holds a PhD in Computer Science – Jiangsu University, China (completed between 2018 and 2021).
- He attained his MSc in Information Technology – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana (2012–2015).
- His first degree was in BSc in Computer Science – KNUST, Ghana (2004–2008).
Academic and Professional Career:
Dr. Ganaa has held the position of senior lecturer, head of department, and now the dean of the faculty of FAST at DHLTU and actively contributes to ICT education and research at the university.[6] In addition to his roles at DHLTU, he has served as a part-time lecturer at both the University of Ghana’s Wa Learning Centre and SDD-UBIDS (Faculty of ICT, Wa, Ghana) since November 2021.
Research Interests and Publications:
His research spans machine learning, pattern recognition, and dimensionality reduction, with a notable portfolio of publications across these domains ResearchGate. Some of his recent work includes:[6]
- Robust feature enhanced deep kernel support vector machine via low rank representation and clustering (May 2025).[7]
- Enhanced Fingerprint-Based ATM Security Using Machine Learning Algorithms (Conference Paper, September 2024).[8]
- Anti-occlusion person re-identification via body topology information restoration and similarity evaluation (November 2023). [8]
He has published at least 24 academic papers, and his work has been accessed over 11,500 times, with at least 97 citations recorded.[5]
Reference
- ↑ "wa – WA MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY". Retrieved 2025-11-29.
- ↑ "Wa to establish satellite markets and 24-hour trading to ease CBD gridlock". GhanaDistricts.com. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
- ↑ "THE MAYOR'S MAJOR CLEAN-UP EXERCISE – WA MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY". Retrieved 2025-11-29.
- ↑ Tunsung, Zakaria (2025-11-09). "The Introduction of Waali Language into Formal Education Underway". Diff. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ganaa, Ernest. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ernest-Ganaa https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ernest-Ganaa. Missing or empty
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- ↑ "Ernest GANAA | Senior Lecturer | PhD. MSc. & BSc. Comp. Sci | Information & Communication Technology | Research profile". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2025-08-31. Unknown parameter
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