Ghana: Speaker declares 4 seats vacant  Decision on independent candidates in Parliament:  Speaker declares 4 seats vacant 3 for NPP, 1 for NDC

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, yesterday officially declared four parliamentary seats vacant, with barely 50 days to the election in December.

The Members of Parliament (MPs) affected are National Demo­cratic Congress (NDC)’s Peter Yaw Kwakye Ackah of Amenfi Central, Andrew Amoakoh Asiama of Fom­ena, Kwadjo Asante, New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s MP for Suhum in the Eastern Region, and NPP’s Cynthia Morrison of Agona West.