Committee of Selection and Standing Committees

At the first meeting of a new Parliament a Committee of Selection under the chairmanship of the Speaker is appointed to prepare lists of chairpersons, vice chairpersons and Members to compose the Standing Committees:

(a) the Standing Orders Committee;
(b) the Business Committee;
(c) the Committee of Privileges;
(d) the Public Accounts Committee;
(e) the House Committee;
(f) the Finance Committee;
(g) the Appointments Committee
(h) the Committee on Members Holding Office of profit; and (i) the Committee on Government Assurances

Every Member of Parliament in accordance with clause (4) of article 103 of the Constitution, should serve on at least one of the Standing Committees.

Standing Committees are permanent and the tradition is that once appointed under clause (2) of article 103 of the Constitution they can¬not be disbanded. The size of the Committees ranges from fifteen to thirty-one and Members are chosen by their parties in proportion to their numerical strength in the House.

REVISED LIST FOR 2024

Observation and Recommendations

Leadership, after thorough deliberations observed as follows:

That in accordance with the established practice and having regard to order 209, the composition of the Committee of Selection be based on the ratio of 138:137 for the Majority and Minority Caucuses respectively.

That per the agreed ratio of 138:137, the Fifteen (15) membership of the Committee of Selection, excluding the Chairman, works out to Seven (7) Members for the Majority Caucus and Seven (7) members for the Majority Caucus.

The Leadership accordingly proposes that the Committee of Selection be composed as follows:

i.     Rt Hon. Speaker – Chairman
ii.    Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu – Member
iii.   Hon. Alex Kwamena Afenyo-Markin – Member
iv.   Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh – Member
v.    Hon. Habib Iddrisu – Member
vi.   Hon. Ambrose Dery – Member
vii. Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo – Member
viii. Hon. Bryan Acheampong – Member
ix.   Hon. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson – Member
x.    Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah – Member
xi.   Hon. Kwame Governs Agbodza – Member
xii. Hon. Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe – Member
xiii. Hon. Mahama Ayariga – Member
xiv. Hon. Ebenezer Okley Terlabi – Member
xv. Hon. Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum – Member