Ghana’s Parliament Suspends Four Lawmakers After Violent Brawl During Ministerial Screening

The Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has handed down a two-week suspension to four lawmakers after a violent altercation broke out during a ministerial vetting session.

Naija News gathered that the disruption occurred Thursday evening when the ministerial vetting committee members, tasked with screening nominees for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), clashed during the process.

The conflict escalated to the point where furniture in the parliamentary chamber was destroyed.

The committee, consisting of representatives from various political parties, was responsible for reviewing the qualifications of ministerial nominees.

However, tensions flared when NDC lawmakers accused their New Patriotic Party (NPP) counterparts of deliberately obstructing the proceedings by asking unnecessarily lengthy questions.

A prime example was Samuel Nartey George, NDC’s nominee for communications minister, who endured more than five hours of questioning.

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