The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers Authority, Ransford Edward Van Gyampo, has charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, to arrest the MPs who destroyed properties in Parliament on Thursday.
During the vetting of ministerial nominees on Thursday, January 30, 2025, the Minority caucus representation on the Appointments Committee objected to the continuous screening of the Ministers-designate for Health and Foreign Affairs, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
They had argued that the Committee was scheduled to vet three nominees which was increased to five upon the Chairman’s plea with members.
However, they indicated that the Chairman sought to bring in more nominees after the agreed number was reached, hoping that the Minority was going to boycott the process.
This resulted in chaos at the meeting where the Minority members broke down one of the tables that were being used, and also damaged six microphones being used for the exercise.
In a post on his Facebook Friday, January 31, 2025, Gyampo, who is also a Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, reminded the IGP that he once arrested government officials and Members of Parliament for traffic offences and should not allow those who destroyed the properties in Parliament to go unpunished.
He wants every lawmaker who contributed to the destruction of properties arrested and dealt with according to the law.
“Dear IGP Dampare, you have arrested government officials and MPs for traffic offenses before. Ghanaians demand that every Member of Parliament who destroyed State property is arrested and dealt with according to law,” he posted.
Meanwhile, Dr. Jonathan Asante Otchere of the University of Cape Coast, has blamed the Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Bernard Ahiafor, who is also the Second Deputy Speaker, for allowing such things to happen by being too magnanimous.
Political analyst blames chaos at Appointments Committee on Ahiafor’s magnanimity