Parliament Approves Reconstitution Of Ghana’s Delegation To ECOWAS Parliamentary, Minority Leader Afenyo-Markin Replaced

The Ghanaian Parliament has approved a reconstitution of Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament.

Affected by the reconstitution of the delegation is the Minority Leader in Ghana’s Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who has been replaced with Deputy Minority Leader, Patricia Appiagyei.

Afenyo-Markin served third Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, but is now being succeeded in that role by Deputy Majority Leader George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan.

Ricketts-Hagan currently leads Ghana’s delegation to the West African legislative body.

The reshuffle has drawn criticism, particularly from the Member of Parliament for Bimbilla, Dominic Nitiwul, who accused the Majority Caucus of acting unilaterally and failing to consult the Minority on the changes.

“The leadership should not be moving motions and asking the house to make decisions that they should be taking and bringing to us.

“I know it is the decision of the house to do it, but it is not for Parliament because the Majority has majority, to force the decision of the majority on the minority about representation,”

In response, Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga defended the decision, noting that it aligns with parliamentary tradition, which typically assigns ECOWAS parliamentary roles to Deputy Leaders of the House.

Source:Africa Publicity