Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Zebila, John Ndebugre has been confirmed dead.

John Ndebugre died at age 72 on Friday afternoon, May 6, 2022.

The late politician is reported to have been battling a short illness until his death. However, it is unclear what caused his demise.

John Ndebugre, a lawyer by profession served as the PNDC Secretary for Northern Region during the Rawlings era.

He was survived by a wife and four children.

Background:

Mr. Ndebugre was a member of the People’s National Convention. He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Zebilla constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.

Ndebugre was elected as the member of parliament for the Zebilla constituency of the Upper East Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He won on the ticket of the People’s National Convention.

His constituency was a part of the 3 parliamentary seats out of 13 seats won by the People’s National Convention in that election for the Upper East Region.

The People’s National Convention won a minority total of 4 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.

He was elected with 11,026 votes out of 31,188 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 35.4% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Appiah Moses of the New Patriotic Party, Cletus Apul Avoka of the National Democratic Congress and Sulley Aneda Apam of the Convention People’s Party.

He was a product of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He held a Bachelor of Science degree from the university. He was also a product of the Ghana School of Law.

He acquired a Bachelor of Law degree from the school