Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, suspended sitting on Friday, March 24 to meet leadership of the House over the voting on ministerial nominees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Debate on the motion had already taken place on Thursday and Speaker Bagbin adjourned vote to Friday after over 3 hours suspension.
Both caucuses of the House had agreed to have the break to have the Minority study the 63-page report of the Appointments Committee.
Minority members on the Committee decided to oppose the Majority’s decision to approve all of the nominees in order to avoid interfering with government business.
National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia had been in Parliament both Thursday and Friday ahead of the voting.
Late on Thursday, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) through a statement issued by General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua also urged all 137 NPP MPS to be in the House on Friday owing to the outcome of events on Thursday.
When the Speaker began proceedings, the Majority opposed secret voting and wanted the voting boxes to be placed opposite the caucuses so that no member shows the vote to colleagues.
The Minority, however, rejected this, calling for secret voting immediately.
This forced the Speaker to adjourn sitting to confer with leadership of the House.