News:
March 20, 2020
In the wake of Ghana recording more cases of the corona virus, the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye has directed that all lawmakers put on facemasks in the chamber on Friday, March 20, 2020 before he started looking at the votes and proceedings.
The Speaker himself put on the face masks before the Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu took position to read out the Business statement, and his colleagues from the Minority side of the House drew his attention to wear the mask.
Mr. Osei Kyei indicated to them that he is not disobeying the speaker, and asked that they should allow him to read the Business Statement for the ensuing week after that he would put on his mask.
Meanwhile, the speaker’s orders did not exclude Members of the Parliamentary Press Corps as they were also provided with the masks at the Press gallery to wear.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com