Albert Kwasi Zigah

Zigah was first elected into parliament in 2004 on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) during the 2005 Ghanaian general elections as the member of parliament for the Ketu South Constituency.^[4] During the elections, he polled 48,279 votes out of the 70,564 votes cast representing 68.40%.^[5] He again contested in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections and retained his seat with 54,720 votes out of the 61,011 valid votes cast representing 89.69%.^[6] He served two terms as a Parliamentarian. He was a member of the parliamentary select committee on Local government and Transport.^[7]

Zigah was disqualified by his party from contesting the parliamentary primary conducted on 29 December 2015. He filed a writ at the Accra High Court and seeking a declaration that his disqualification from contesting the parliamentary primary for Ketu South Constituency of the NDC was unlawful, null, and void and of no effect whatsoever. He stated in the view of unlawful disqualification that, he was denied the opportunity to offer himself as a participant in the primary, hence his action to seek those reliefs.^[8]

Zigah is married with six children. He is a Christian and a member of the Catholic Church.^[3]