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Bagbin’s election was notable as it was the first time a Speaker of Parliament was chosen from the opposition party in Ghana’s parliamentary history. In October 2024, Bagbin declared four seats held by MPs who switched parties vacant, saying that the Constitution of Ghana prohibited party-switching.
The Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Ghana.The current speaker, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, was sworn-in for a second term as Speaker of the Ninth Parliament of Ghana after his reelection on 7 January 2025; having served his first term from 7 January 2021 to January 6, 2025.
On 7 January 2024, Alban Bagbin who was the Speaker in the previous parliament was elected to continue as Speaker of the 9th Parliament. He was nominated by the Majority Leader in Parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The Speaker is assisted by two Deputy Speakers (First and Second Deputy Speakers), who are elected at the commencement of every Parliament. They must come from different political parties. The current Speaker is Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin .
The Speaker, Alban Bagbin after listening to the debate in the house, asked to be given two days to come up with a ruling on the matter. [52] The Speaker ruled on 17 October 2024 that the four MPs have vacated their seats by notification of polls to stand for different parties than they stand for currently, they were deemed to have vacated ...
The 7 from the NDC who retired were Alban Bagbin, MP for Nadowli, Richard Quashigah, MP for Keta, Inusah Fuseini, Tamale Central, Bernice Adiku Heloo, Hohoe, Magnus Kofi Amoatey, Yilo Krobo, Clement Kofi Humado, Anlo and Fiifi Kwetey for Ketu South. In addition, 41 NPP MPs and 8 NDC MPs also lost out in the primaries.
Alban Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament; Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, Chief Justice of Ghana; Website: www.ghana.gov.gh: The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 December 1992, the first since 1979.Voter turnout was just 28.1% amidst a boycott by opposition parties, who had claimed the preceding presidential elections in November – won by former military ruler Jerry Rawlings with 58% of the vote – were fraudulent, with international observers considering them not to have been conducted in a free and ...