24
Mar
Thursday was a dramatic day in Parliament. The business of the day had grown intense with arguments, especially over the approval of the report on President Akufo-Addo’s new Ministerial appointees. It necessitated a suspension after which no consensus was reached after reconvening and sitting into the evening. However, a comment from the Speaker Alban Bagbin threw the House into laughter. During the debate, Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin led the campaign to approve the ministers-nominees. However, his seeming penchant for wild hand gestures whenever he was arguing on the floor appeared to have struck a nerve for the Speaker on…