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Why the Minority walked out of Parliament

The Minority side of the House staged a walkout opposing her nomination on the basis that she refused to honour her national service.

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The Deputy Minority Leader, Mr James Avedzi, told the media that the Speaker failed to recognise the Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu who stood on his feet for about ten minutes wanting to make a point.

"We in the Minority side of the House believed strongly that issues that were being done on the floor in connection with the approval of the nomination of Otiko Djaba was an illegality and for that matter we needed to express our views but the Speaker will never call even the Minority Leader who stood on his feet for more than 10 minutes.

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"On three consecutive times, the Speaker will never call him to recognise him so that we can air our view and let the Ghanaians know the position that we have taken" Avedzi said.

The number of legislators who voted in support of her approval was 152, which is more than half of the votes of the 275-member house. No vote was recorded against her nomination as the Minority abstained from voting.

This followed a controversy after Minority MPs raised an objection that the ballot papers did not have the signature and stamp of the Speaker and, thus, could not be used for the ballot.

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The voting was in accordance with Standing Order 172 (5), which stipulates that "Each member shall be provided with a sheet of paper on which appears the names of all candidates for approval or rejection. Against the name of each candidate shall be two columns, one for AYES indicating approval and the other for NOES indicating rejection."

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