Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, and Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, along with two other Members of Parliament, have exited the Appointments Committee’s vetting proceedings following their suspension.
Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Alhassan Tampuli, and Jerry Ahmed Shaib withdrew from the vetting process of the Minister of Foreign Affairs-designate, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
The Speaker of Parliament suspended the quartet for being principal actors in a brouhaha during a vetting session on Thursday, January 20, 2025, which led tpo the destruction of state properties.
In a ruling on Friday, January 31, 2025, the Speaker suspended the aforementioned MPs for two weeks.
Background
Chaos erupted in Parliament during the vetting of Minister of Health-designate, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh.
Source of chaos
According to Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the Member of Parliament of Nsawam Adoagyiri, who doubles as Minority Chief Whip, the Appointments Committee had agreed on vetting four nominees on January 30, 2025.
However, five were vetted, and two more were being added, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs-designate, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, and the Minister of Health-designate, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, which generated the chaos.
Materials destroyed
As a result of the chaos between the Majority and Minority, microphones and tables were destroyed.
The Minority side was seen overturning the vetting table, destroying almost all the materials on it.
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