Newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Talensi, Benson Tongo Baba, on Tuesday made a debut entrance into Parliament, and was sworn-in as the MP for the area.
He took the oath of Member of Parliament and the oath of secrecy which were administered by the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho.
[contextly_sidebar id=”Wha09bN16Ym5gMfQRdRPzlzQ55ucfPKZ”]Mr Baba was immediately ushered to his seat by the clerk of the House.
Ignatius Baffour Awuah, Deputy Minority Chief Whip, on behalf of the Minority congratulated Mr Baba, who is also a former chairman of the Ghana Olympic Committee and former Deputy Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service, and urging him to be neutral in carrying out his work.
He encouraged him to work extra hard especially if he would have to seek re-election.
Majority Leader, Alban Sumana Bagbin, who was in Talensi to campaign for Mr Baba, said the new MP has distinguished himself in public life and asked him not to disappoint his constituents.
Mr Bagbin however condemned the violence that characterised the by-election in Talensi that saw Mr Baba winning.
The Speaker also welcomed Mr Baba, charging him that the work of Parliament is not only in the chamber but also at the committee level, and advised him to be diligent in his work and show readiness to serve all and not only those who voted for him.
There was a large delegation of chiefs and people of Talensi to support the new MP and to grace the swearing in.
There were also officers of the Ghana Prisons Service in the chamber.
The by-election which Mr Baba won became necessary because of the resignation of New Patriotic Party’s Robert Nachinab Mosore, who was enskinned the Paramount Chief of Talensi.
Mr Baba, emerged victorious in the by-election after polling 10,366 of the total valid votes.
His closest rival, Thomas Duanab Wuni of the opposition New Patriotic Party garnered 6,845 votes.
Source: GNA