Michael Kofi Okyere, the Member of Parliament for New Juaben South has said the only option the NPP had was to to instigate vetting chaos.
According to Michael Kofi Okyere, if the NPP members of parliament had left the Appointments Committee’s sitting the NDC MPs would have vetted Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa without any public scrutiny.
Addressing his constituents in Koforidua, he explained that the disruption was a calculated move by the Minority to ensure thorough scrutiny of ministerial nominees.
Okyere Baafi stated, “There were only seven of us in the caucus present, and if we had left, they would have proceeded with the vetting of Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa that night without any public scrutiny,” he explained. “The only option we had was to stay and make the place ungovernable.”
The minority leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has accepted full responsibility for the scuffle which took place on Thursday, January 30, 2025, during the vetting of ministerial nominees.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of Parliament has set up an investigative committee to probe into the vetting chaos led by Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah member of Parliament for Ho West.
