Speaker of Parliament has rejected a request by Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah, to be removed from Ghana's delegation to the Pan-African Parliament.
Boamah, who has been added to the delegation as an observer, in a memo to the Speaker, questioned the basis for his status as an observer given the agreed formula for selection by the Minority Caucus. "Speaker, I respectfully write to formally withdraw from the reconstituted list of Ghana's delegation to the Pan-African Parliament as an observer as adopted by the House in a resolution on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, as evidenced in the copy of the attached votes and proceedings. "Mr Speaker, my checks with the Pan-African Parliament Secretariat indicate that observers are not permitted to participate at plenary or in committee meetings.
Observers are only permitted to attend upon meeting." Patrick Boamah's decision followed Parliament's reconstitution of the delegation to the Pan-African Parliament after adopting a resolution on July 22, 2025.
He further contended that his inclusion in the delegation as a full member is a matter of rights, based on the established formula for committees and delegations, which entitles the Minority Caucus to two representatives. "Mr Speaker, under the established formula for committees and delegations, my inclusion is by right, as the Minority Caucus is entitled to two representatives.
