Bernard Ahiafor, until the 9th Parliament of Ghana, may have been a senior in terms of his experience in the House, but in fairness, he was not such a common face or a popular voice in the public's assessment of things.
But like all things, when he was nominated and approved by Parliament as the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, the eyeballs on him definitely increased, and particularly in the last two or three weeks, his work as the Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament have reaffirmed this.
Whether he has been impressive or not - and because many people have drawn in the comparisons of how his predecessor, Joseph Osei Owusu, handled the committee, there is no doubt that this man, the Member of Parliament of Akatsi South in the Volta Region, has flipped many scripts.
In the first place, there have been widespread criticisms, or call them condemnations of his handling of the Appointments Committee, relative to how its Ranking Member, , has seemed to have taken control of things, while he is still right there in the chair.
