The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North in the Northern Region,Alhassan Suhuyini, has described the attacks on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary caucus following the approval of some of the President’s ministerial-nominees as unfair and unjustified.
He insisted that they were all firmly in favour of the rejection of the nominees that sparked the debate,
“I don’t think it is fair and justified for us to attack each other as comrades in the NDC and impugn ill motives and even suggest bribery against each other and I think it is unfair, unjustifiable and we must focus ahead,” Mr Suhuyini decried.
Defending the NDC MPs on the Appointments Committee of Parliament, he maintained that the NDC was against the approval of Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister-designate for Information; Mavis Hawa Koomson, Minister-designate for Fisheries and Aquaculture; and Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture.
Mr Suhuyini said when the matter of their approval was brought on the Floor of Parliament, the three got bi-partisan support in the form of a vote to pass them and indicated that “all 13 members of the NDC recommended the three for rejection so it is disappointing for us, especially members of the committee,that some NDC MPs may have voted for them in disagreement with the recommendation that the 13 made.
“Following the approval, I admit that the NDC MPs could have done better but there was a misunderstanding at the Appointments Committee level, where the NDC MPs were operating under the assumption that the NPP MPs, as the Majority, would have the final say on the fate of the MPs.
“We were to vote en-bloc on a Majority group and Minority group basis and we believe that moving forward, we can do better and it was a slip based on the misunderstanding between party leadership and the leadership of Parliament,” Mr Suhuyinisaid. –citinewsroom.com
