The Majority Chief Whip of Parliament, Nelson-Rockson Dafeamekpor, believes that a change of venue could have averted the chaos that occurred on January 30 during the Appointments Committee's proceedings.
Speaking before the ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the incident, the MP recounted his experience on the day of the chaos and suggested that, in similar circumstances in the future, a swift change of venue should be prioritised to prevent such events from occurring again. "I think the prudent thing that should be considered by any chairman confronted with a similar situation in the future is to change the venue," he said. "That Thursday, if we had moved to the Speaker's conference room, for instance, I am sure that by the time we had relocated, order would have been restored.
I don't think they would have carried the chaotic scenes to the new committee room," he said.
Mr Dafeamekpor added, "So, a change of venue when confronted with such matters is also very important." The chaos on January 30 occurred due to a misunderstanding between the minority and majority members of Parliament's Appointments Committee, which was tasked with vetting the new government's ministerial nominees.
