Ghana’s newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) have assembled for their swearing-in ceremony, marking the commencement of the 9th Parliament. According to reports, the ceremony took place on January 8, 2025, a day after President John Mahama’s inauguration on January 7, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Majority and Minority caucuses of the parliament delivered speeches before the swearing-in ceremony began. The event was scheduled after the president’s inauguration to formally grant authority to the elected MPs to represent their respective constituencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) secured 183 seats in the parliamentary elections, while the New Patriotic Party (NPP) secured 88 seats. The swearing-in ceremony marks the official start of the 9th Parliament, which will be led by Speaker Alban Bagbin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Newly Elected MPs Sworn In: Ghana’s 9th Parliament Commences<\/p>\n
Ghana’s newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) have assembled for their swearing-in ceremony, marking the commencement of the 9th Parliament. According to reports, the ceremony took place on January 8, 2025, a day after President John Mahama’s inauguration on January 7, 2025.<\/p>\n
The Majority and Minority caucuses of the parliament delivered speeches before the swearing-in ceremony began. The event was scheduled after the president’s inauguration to formally grant authority to the elected MPs to represent their respective constituencies.<\/p>\n
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) secured 183 seats in the parliamentary elections, while the New Patriotic Party (NPP) secured 88 seats. The swearing-in ceremony marks the official start of the 9th Parliament, which will be led by Speaker Alban Bagbin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4163,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4158\/revisions\/4163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}