The Member of for the Old-Tafo constituency, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, Esq., has compared the of Ghana to a secondary school amidst recent brouhaha in the chamber regarding the vetting of President Mahama's appointees.
In a social media post on January 31, 2025, the MP suggested that democracy in the chamber is limited. " is becoming a secondary school where the headmaster can summarily dismiss a student without due process," his post read.
His post comes after a heated dispute between Ranking Member, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, and Committee Chairman, Bernard Ahiafor, over a directive issued by the Speaker of during the vetting of Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Foreign Affairs Minister-nominee.
The disagreement raised questions about the validity of the committee's quorum after the Speaker decided to reconstitute the committee, which had earlier been caught up in a chaotic session the previous night.
