Majority leader, Mahama Ayariga has disagreed with the Minority’s stance of subjecting two of the ministerial nominees; Okudzeto Ablakwa and Sam George to secret voting for approval.
The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin on the floor of the House on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 called for a secret voting to approve Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Samuel Nartey George, ministers designated for Foreign Affairs and Communications respectively.
According to Afenyo-Markin, the two nominees agreed to present documents to the Appointments Committee during the vetting but are yet to make the document available to the Committee, hence those nominees cannot be approved.
“We will take Ablakwa, Sam George through secret voting,” he said.
But responding to Afenyo-Markin, the Majority Leader argued that per the report, the two nominees were approved by a consensus of the Committee.
“The committee approved them by consensus, so no two nominees will be taken out…The Committee approved all nominees without any conditionalities.
“I will not accept it! I will stand my ground. The committee took the decision to approve all the nominees by consensus and that’s what will happen,” Ayariga noted.
During the proceedings, the Speaker, Alban Bagbin lifted the suspension on the four lawmakers who were suspended for the mayhem caused during the vetting exercise last week.
The speaker’s decision followed an appeal to him by the Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Marin to lift the suspension, a plea which was supported by the Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga.
We’ll take approval of Ablakwa, Sam George through secret voting – Minority Leader
