The speaker of Parliament, Alban Kignsford Bagbin has declared that Matthew Nyindam, is still the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kpandai.
This is in spite of an order from the Tamale High Court ordering a rerun of the 2024 Parliamentary elections in the constituency. The majority through its Chief Whip Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor stopped the embattled MP from participating in the 2026 budget debate citing the judgment from the High Court in Tamale ordering a rerun of the Kpandai parliamentary elections over irregularities. But the speaker in his ruling argued the 7-day statutory stay of execution of judgments from the High Courts applies and thus the MP can perform his parliamentary duties until December 1.
“It’s premature to say that Matthew Nyindam is disqualified from entering and participating in the proceedings of the House…he still remains an MP despite the rerun order from the High Court in Tamale…,” he ruled on.
His ruling brings to an end debate on whether the Kpandai Member of Parliament, Matthew Nyindam, is eligible to conduct business in the House after the High Court ruling.
The majority on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 had argued that the Tamale High Court’s annulment of the Kpandai constituency results bars Nyindam from presenting himself as the constituency’s MP.
The Tamale High Court had ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct a rerun of the 2024 parliamentary elections in Kpandai in 30 days.
The court, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Brew Plange, annulled the results and ordered that a rerun of the polls be conducted within 30 days.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Daniel Nsala Wakpal, who claimed that the December 7, 2024, election was tainted by serious irregularities filed the suit at the Tamale High Court.
He alleged inconsistencies in Form 8A (the “pink sheet”) from 41 polling stations out of the total 152, arguing that these breaches violated Regulations 39 and 43 of the Public Elections Regulations (CI 127).
In its ruling, the court agreed that non‑compliance with electoral regulations materially affected the integrity of the vote.
Matthew Nyindam through his lawyers has filed an appeal and a stay of execution at the Court of Appeal. However until the stay application is granted, he will cease to be MP after December 1.
