{"id":237726,"date":"2012-12-09T21:20:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T21:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/12\/major-shifts-in-ghanas-legislature-as-new-mps-emerge\/"},"modified":"2012-12-09T21:20:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T21:20:19","slug":"major-shifts-in-ghanas-legislature-as-new-mps-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/12\/09\/major-shifts-in-ghanas-legislature-as-new-mps-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Shifts In Ghana’s Legislature As New MP’s Emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several changes will be seen in the sixth Parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana as several sitting Members of Parliament are hit with defeat.<\/p>\n

Voting in Ghana’s sixth Presidential and Parliamentary elections was for the first adjourned into a second day after several Biometric Verification Devices malfunctioned on the day of elections. Voting material were also delayed by several hours in many polling stations.<\/p>\n

Some of the shifts that will be appearing in Parliament are as follows:<\/p>\n

NANDOM
Old MP: AMBROSE DERY, New MP: DR. BENJAMIN KUMBOUR<\/p>\n

AKWATIA
Old MP: DR. KOFI ASARE, New MP: BABA JAMAL<\/p>\n

KETU SOUTH
Old MP: ALBERT ZIGAH, New MP: FIFI KWETEY<\/p>\n

JIRAPA
Old MP: FRANCIS DARKURAH, New MP: PAUL DERIGUBAA<\/p>\n

TECHIMAN-NORTH
Old MP: PROF. AMEYAW EKUMFI, New MP: ALEX KYEREMEH<\/p>\n

NABDAM
Old MP: MOSES ASAGA, New MP: BONIFACE AGAMBILA<\/p>\n

ASUOGYAMAN
Old MP: JOSES ASARE AKOTO, New MP: KOFI OSEI AMEYAW<\/p>\n

JOMORO
Old MP: SAMIA YAABA NKRUMAH, New MP: FRANCIS ANAMAN<\/p>\n

KEEA
Old MP: J. S. ANNAN, New MP: DR. NANA ATO ARTHUR<\/p>\n

EFFUTU
Old MP: MIKE HAMMAH , New MP: ALEX AFENYO-MARKIN<\/p>\n

EVALUE-GWIRA
Old MP: KATHERINE AFEKO, New MP – KWEKU TANICHI KESSIE<\/p>\n

EJURA SEKYEREDUMASE
Old MP: MOHAMMED ISSIFU PANGABU, New MP: MOHAMMED SALIFU BAMBA<\/p>\n

SISALA WEST
Old MP: HARUNA BAYIRIGA, New MP: AMIN AMIDU SULEMANA<\/p>\n

AGONA WEST
Old MP: SAMUEL OBODAI, New MP: CHARLES OBENG INKOOM<\/p>\n

AHANTA WEST
Old MP: SAMUEL JOHN FIAH, New MP: GEORGE KWAME ABOAGYE<\/p>\n

BUNKPRUGU YUNYOO
Old MP: LABIK JOSEPH YAANI, New MP: SOLOMON BOAH<\/p>\n

YENDI
Old MP: IDDRISU SULEIMAN IBUN, New MP: MOHAMMED TIJANI<\/p>\n

ZABZUGU\/TATALE
Old MP: John Jabaah Benam, New MP: ALHASSAN UMAR<\/p>\n

AKYEM SWEDRU
Old MP: JOSEPH AMPOMAH BOSOMPEM , New MP: KENNEDY OSEI NYARKO<\/p>\n

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