Speaker of Parliament

speaker, position
Officeholder	Alban Bagbin, Aaron Mike Oquaye, Peter Ala Adjetey
Country	Ghana

Speaker of Parliament anɛ ninkanɛ an kpɛɛm /gɔsid Parliament of Ghana. Onɛ an kpɛɛm nananna, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, ba da zuŋ o ye o an Speaker tis Ghana wadmaannib yikanɛ paasi anii la (Eight Parliament of Ghana) yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi nɛ yinne yʋʋmpaal nwadig la daba ayɔpɔi daar (7 January 2021).^[1]

Labakʋda

Joyce Bamford-Addo, onɛ da an yiiga pʋ’a an Speaker of Parliament tis Ghana.

Speaker ɔfis la da yɔ’ɔg yiiga nɛ Gold Coast saŋa, dɔlisid Gold Coast wada gbaʋŋ la (Constitution) Order in Council, yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu la ni (1950). Wada gbana banɛ dɔl la yɔ’ɔg suor ye ba vɔɔtim Speaker of Parliament tis Ghana.^[2]

Onɛ da an yiiga speaker of the Parliament of Ghana da anɛ Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist onɛ da an Speaker of the National Assembly yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yinne la ni (1951). O da tʋm ala paae yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ ayɔpɔi nwadis piinɛ ayi la ni (December 1957), Ghana da di’e o mɛŋi yi na’asaanam nu’usin la nya’aŋ.

Kati wa’ae Ghana na di’e ba mɛŋ la, Governor of Ghana da gɔsid legislative council. Nɛ’ da tiaknɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnaasi nɛ awai la ni (1949) Emmanuel Quist da liebi di yiiga African zuraan la.^[3] Legislative Council da vɔɔt Quist ye o aan di yiiga speaker yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yinne la ni (1951).

Fourth republic la ni, onɛ da anɛ speaker of parliamenti yuug tʋʋma ni gaadi taaba wʋsa Daniel Francis Annan onɛ da tʋm din yi yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ piswai nɛ atan yʋʋmpaal nwadig daba ayɔpɔi (7 January 1993) paae yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ yinne la yʋʋmpaal nwadig daba ayuobʋ daar (6 January 2001). Y ʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ awai la yʋʋmpaal nwadig la ni (January 2009), Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo da lieb yiiga pʋ’akanɛ nam mi’i an Speaker tis Ghana parliament.^[4]

Banɛ ka ba nɔ’ɔs nɛ sankanɛ ka ba tʋm

1992 Ghana constitution la Article 95 yɛl ye, Wadmaannib bɛɛ banɛ mɔr z’esim kanɛ pa’al ye ba na nyaŋi an wadmaanibi nar ye ba vɔɔt speaker of parliament. Ba ya’a vɔɔt speaker yi wadmaannib sʋʋgin, Wada gbaʋŋ la Article 97 pa’al ye Speaker la basi o kʋk la nɛ ka lɛn ka’ wadmaan ya’asɛ ka di nar ye ba lɛn vɔɔt zin’ikan ya’asi gaŋ wadmaani tisi ba.^[5] Ninkanɛ mɔr zi’esim kaŋa anɛ Edward Adjaho onɛ da an wadmaani tis Akatsi South constituency.^[6]^[7]

Speaker nya’andɔl

Speaker mɔr nya’andɔli ayi banɛ ka ba vɔɔti yis wadmaanib la sʋʋgʋn. Speaker nya’andɔliba ayi la kʋ nyaŋi yi Na’adɔɔg yinne nii.^[5] Nananna. Speaker nya’andɔlib anɛ Bekwai wadmaan, Joseph Osei-Owusu, onɛ bɛ wabʋg na’adɔɔg ni, New Patriotic Party nɛ Fomena constituency wadmaan, Andrew Asiamah Amoako, onɛ an Independent.^[8]

Tʋʋma

Ghana Constitution la Article 101 pa’al ye Speaker an kʋkdaan parliament zin’inʋgin. Speaker ya’a pʋ nyaŋi tʋmi ala, o nya’andɔliba ayi la nid yinne liebid kʋkdaan. Wadmaanni kʋ nyaŋi gban’e si’e ka speaker pʋ zin’i kʋk la zugɔ.

Speaker paas nidib atan daan Ghana kpɛla zuraan nɛ o nya’adɔl ya’a yi. Dinzug speaker tʋn’e zi’en zuraan bɛɛ nya’andɔl nɔba zug ba ya’a kʋ nyaŋi tʋmi ba tʋʋmaa. 1992 constitution la yɛl ye Zuraan nɛ o nya’andɔl ya’a kpi bɛɛ ba yisi banɛ ka speaker di’e zuraan zi’esim, di nar ka ba lɛm maligim vɔɔti yis zuraan paal. Speaker la pʋ mɔr suor ye vɔɔt wadmaannib yin la. Nɛ’ gbin anɛ ye vɔɔt la ya’a aan azinzɛma di gʋ’ʋŋnɛ la. Speaker la mɛ an kʋkdaani tis parliamentary Service Board. Ya’asa, Speaker la gaŋid nidiba anaasi paasid board kaŋa ni. Onɛ paasi ayuobʋ board la ni anɛ Clerk of Parliament.^[5]

Speaker nam

Legislative Council of the Gold Coast[edit source]
President	Time frame	Period
Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist	1949 - 1951^[3]	Gold Coast
National Assembly of the Gold Coast[edit source]
Speaker	Time frame	Period
Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist	1951 - 1957	Gold Coast
Parliament of Ghana[edit source]
Speaker	Time frame	Period
Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist	March 1957 - December 1957^[9]	National Assembly
Augustus Molade Akiwumi	February 1958 - June 1960	National Assembly
Joseph Richard Asiedu	July 1960 - June 1965	1st Republic First MP to become Speaker
Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta^[10]	June 1965 - February 1966	1st Republic
Nii Amaa Ollennu^[10]	October 1969 - January 1972	2nd Republic
Jacob Hackenbug Griffiths-Randolph	September 1979 - December 1981	3rd Republic
Daniel Francis Annan^[11]	January 1993 - January 2001	4th Republic (1st and 2nd parliaments)
Peter Ala Adjetey^[12]	January 2001 - January 2005	4th Republic (3rd parliament)
Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes^[13]	January 2005 - January 2009	4th Republic (4th parliament)
Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo^[14]	January 2009 - January 2013	4th Republic (5th parliament) First female Speaker
Edward Adjaho	January 2013^[15] - January 2017	4th Republic (6th parliament)
Aaron Mike Oquaye	January 2017^[16] - January 2021	4th Republic (7th parliament)
Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin	January 2021^[17]^[1]^[18] - Incumbent	4th Republic (8th parliament)

Ban yi zin’isieba

Speaker	Ethnicity	Religious affiliatiom
Emmanuel Charles Quist	Euro-African/ Ga	Presbyterian^[19]^[20]
Augustus Molade Akiwumi	Yoruba	Anglican (later Christian Scientist)
Joseph Richard Asiedu	Akuapem (Akan)	Presbyterian
Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta	Akyem (Akan)	Presbyterian
Nii Amaa Ollennu	Ga	Presbyterian^[21]
Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph	Ga	Anglican
Daniel Francis Annan	Ga	Methodist
Peter Ala Adjetey	Ga	Anglican
Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes	Fante (Akan)	Anglican
Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo	English/Ga	Roman Catholic
Edward Adjaho	Avenor Ewe	Christian
Aaron Mike Oquaye	Ga	Baptist
Alban Bagbin	Dagaaba	Roman Catholic

Gbanvɛɛnsa

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/i-will-serve-all-ghanaians-faithfully-bagbin.html

[2] ttps://www.parliament.gh/mps?speaker

[:1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY3011R%2F26

[4] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Speaker-assures-Fifth-Parliament-of-diligence-155849

[:2-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20201020141610/http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/gha129754.pdf

[6] ttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=261755

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20180709094349/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=264225

[8] ttps://www.parliament.gh/mps?leadership

[9] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Ghana#cite_note-Doortmont-9

[:3-10] 10.0 ^10.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927045829/http://www.parliament.gh/leadershipdetails.php?id=0003

[11] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=244

[12] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=227

[13] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=233

[14] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=1193

[15] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20200128234258/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Adjaho-sworn-in-as-new-Speaker-261391

[16] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20180709064817/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/New-Speaker-MPs-take-oath-499093

[17] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210107065648/https://3news.com/alban-bagbin-elected-speaker-of-the-8th-parliament/

[18] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/NPP-shocked-as-Alban-Bagbin-is-elected-Speaker-of-Parliament-1148519

[19] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=QV-hAwAAQBAJ

[20] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=ui1JaXpy18gC&q=emmanuel+charles+quist&pg=PA11

[21] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070927190846/http://www.warc.ch/where/ugc/02.html

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