A fresh candidate from Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) to represent BN in the 14th (Parliamentary) General Election is engineer Yusuf Abdul Wahab, who will be contesting in the Parlimentary Constituency (P206) Tanjung Manis, against Mohamad Fadillah Sabali (PKRAmanah). Tanjung Manis has 21,899 voters, majority of which are Bumiputera.
In the 2013 GE the seat was won by Datuk Norah Abdul Rahman (BNPBB) with a majority of 10,964. Yusuf, 54, a Melanau, was born in Kpg.Paloh, Tanjung Manis. After completing his Secondary School studies, he went for further studies overseas, and graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Civil Engineering) degree from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Married with 4 children, Yusuf is currently Director of Wahba Engineering Consultant. He used to work with Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (SESCO) as a civil engineer for 8 years and with Bakun Management Sdn. Bhd. as a site engineer for 5 years. Yusuf is also a member of the Malaysian Institution of Engineers and Malaysian Association of Consulting Engineers.
Yusuf is always actively involved in programmes and activities organised for DUN members for N41 (Kuala Rejang) and N42 (Semop).
With “rakyat first”in mind, Yusuf said as his campaign strategy he has three main things laid out for implementation in Tanjung Manis. Firstly, because it is a rural area, infrastructure development is foremost; secondly, education, with focus on the repair and maintenance of dilipidated schools, building of new schools including technical schools.
Thirdly, he plans to raise the socio-economic standard of the people with focus on the fishing and agricultural industries. Thus he needs the mandate from the rakyat and also plans to work with the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) members to continue with the development in the constituency.
