Suame MP Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Retiring From Parliament After Nearly 3 Decades

• Majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is retiring from Ghana's Parliament after almost 30 years
• Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu first became a member of the Parliament Suame in January 1997
• Two potential aspirants have emerged to replace him in Suame for the New Patriotic Party

Suame MP and Majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is retiring from Parliament after nearly three decades.

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu's decision came during a meeting with his constituency executives.

This decision was confirmed to YEN.com.gh by a source in the MP's camp, saying he was "most definitely" stepping down.

Two potential aspirants have already thrown their hats into the ring by picking nomination forms: Maxwell Ofosu Boakye, the Municipal Chief Executive for Suame, and John Darko, a Lawyer Lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

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Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu first became a member of the Parliament in January 1997

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Source: YEN.com.gh