Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has referred the Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, to the Privileges Committee of the House to investigate him for contempt.
The decision follows a petition from the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, after Afenyo-Markin opposed a move excluding him from Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament.
“I refer the complaint against the Minority Leader to the Privileges Committee and report to the House,” said Speaker Bagbin, during proceedings on Thursday, November 27, 2025.He admonished members on the Committee to carry out their investigation with utmost professsionalism and neutrality, advising them not to make public commentary on the issue while the process is ongoing. “I urge the Committee to discharge its mandate with decorum and impartiality. I urge MPs to refrain from public commentary,” he urged.Mahama Ayariga, the Majority Leader, on November 11, 2025, petitioned the Speaker to refer the Effutu Member of Parliament and leader of the Minority caucus to the Privileges Committee, for allegedly defying a parliamentary resolution that removed him from Ghana’s ECOWAS Parliament delegation.The ECOWAS Parliament, Ayariga indicated, initially refused to swear in Ghana’s delegation after Afenyo-Markin appeared in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, despite his replacement on the team. He said the issue was only resolved after Ghana threatened to withdraw entirely from the ECOWAS Parliament.Ayariga, in his petition, labelled Afenyo-Markin’s actions as a breach of parliamentary privilege, calling for disciplinary action to be taken against him, to serve as a deterrent to members of the Legislature.
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