Mfantseman is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana . It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Mfantseman is located in the South Dayi district of the Volta Region of Ghana . It was created in 2012 ahead of the 2012 Ghanaian general election .
6-682: The constituency is located within the Mfantseman Municipal District of the Central Region of Ghana. Ophelia Hayford won the seat in the 2020 general election. It had been vacant prior to the election due to the death of the incumbent MP, Ekow Hayford, who was also her husband. She resigned from the Ghana Police and successfully contested the seat to replace her husband. Ekow Hayford the NPP MP for Mfantseman
12-469: Is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region , Ghana . Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Mfantsiman District , which was created from the former Mfantsiman District Council; until it was later elevated to municipal district assembly status on 29 February 2008 to become Mfantsiman Municipal District. However, on 28 June 2012, the eastern part of
18-661: The Greenwich Meridian , stretching for about 21 kilometers along the coastline and for about 13 kilometers inland and constituting an area of 612 square kilometers. The municipal capital is Saltpond. The municipality is bounded to the west and northwest by Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District , to the east by Ekumfi District and to the south by the Atlantic Ocean. The District as of 2012 stretched from Mankessim to Yamoransa. The inhabitants are mainly employed through fishing, farming or trading. The capital Saltpond
24-586: The district was split off to create Ekumfi District ; thus, the remaining part has been retained as the Mfantsiman Municipal Assembly. The municipality is located in the southwest part of Central Region and has Saltpond as its capital town . The Mfantsiman municipality is located along the Atlantic coastline of the Central Region of Ghana and extends from latitudes 5° to 5°20’ north of the equator and longitudes 0°44’ to 1°11’ west of
30-505: Was murdered by armed robbers on the Nkusukum Mankessim-Abeadze Duadze Road on his way from a campaign trip for the 2020 Ghanaian general election . As his death was less than three months before the 2020 election, Article 112 (5) of the 1992 Ghanaian Constitution stipulates that there should not be a by-election in the constituency. Mfantseman Municipal Mfantsiman Municipal Assembly
36-595: Was the birthplace of Convention People's Party (CPP), The founders use to stay in a house named Caanan Lodge , the party of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah . Kwame Nkrumah planted a palm tree that signified the birth of UGCC in the town. The palm tree is found in the centre of Saltpond. The first tarred road in Ghana is also found in Saltpond. The municipality houses the Akanland Ceramics factory (formerly) but now
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