Ghana’s Career Parliamentarian, Alban Bagbin, has finally been elected as Speaker of the 8th Parliament.
Mr Bagbin, NDC MP for Nadowli Kaleo Constituency, won with two votes difference after a secret ballot voting. He polled a total of 138 votes
Speaker of the 7th Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, polled 136 votes.
Mr Bagbin is a veteran MP. He has been in Parliament for 28 years.
He has previously served as Minister of Health and also as Minister of Works and Housing.
By Melvin Tarlue