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May 24, 2026
Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga has announced that the Ad Hoc Committee’s report on the chaos that erupted during the vetting of President John Dramani Mahama’s ministerial nominees will be considered in the current meeting of the Second Session.
The report, which was laid in the first meeting of the Second Session, had previously been advertised for consideration but was not taken up. Speaking during leadership’s engagement with the media in Parliament House, Ayariga confirmed that the report is now ready.
“We will discuss it among ourselves and find a way of getting it taken in this meeting,” he said, responding to a question fielded by a journalist.
“Ghanaians around the world are watching”
The Majority Leader recounted an encounter while travelling in Europe that underscored public expectations.
“I was in Germany, on a bus to catch a flight, when a Ghanaian approached me and said, ‘We are watching you to see what you would do about that report about yourself’,” Ayariga revealed.
“So I know that around the world, Ghanaians are watching us. They want to see what we do about each other when we misconduct ourselves,” he added.
On arrests of opposition members over comments
Addressing the arrest of opposition members for their public statements, Ayariga urged those affected to seek legal redress rather than frame the issue as partisan politics.
“I saw on social media the arrest of a branch organiser of the NDC who made a similar statement. When the opposition was in power, that person was prosecuted and convicted under the NPP,” he noted.
“The key thing is to fight your case in the law court. If you are arrested and they talk of false publication, do not make it a political issue of NDC versus NPP. Go out there and fight your case.
“When they say you have stolen, do you say we should make it an NPP and NDC matter? You have made a statement; the police say it’s a false publication – go and show that it is not.
“You make a statement, they say it’s not conducive for public peace – go and defend it, show that it is good for public peace. If you go and show that, what court will convict you?” he asked.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com