Gov’t Has Not Done Its Work To Allow Appointments Committee To Sit – Walewale MP Blasts NDC Majority

The Member of Parliament for Walewale, Hon. Abdul Kabiru Tiah Mahama, has accused the government of failing to do the necessary groundwork to allow the work of Parliament to proceed despite an emergency recall.

Addressing the media in Parliament on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, the MP said though the Speaker had read communications from the President referring the newly nominated ministers and Supreme Court nominees to the Appointments Committee, the committee is yet to sit.

“So far, after the Speaker's reading of the letters of communication from the President, we have been told that the ministers and the nominees to the Supreme Court have been referred to the Appointments Committee. Parliament works in committee, we admit, but we’ve not heard and you’ve not seen the Appointments Committee meeting because the government has not done its work in a manner that will allow the Appointments Committee to work. That’s the first thing,” he said.

On the Deposit Protection Amendment Bill which was part of the reasons for the recall, Hon. Mahama said the bill has not even been laid before the House.

“The second thing is the consideration of the bill. You all know that before a bill is brought to the House, engagement will have been done. Every relevant stakeholder will have been engaged. Then it will be brought to Parliament. A committee would have to consider it. As we talk, that bill has not been laid before Parliament. It has not been referred to a committee and are they expecting us to use two days?” he questioned.

He warned that government appears to be planning to rush through critical national business in a single day after wasting three days of the emergency recall.

“You know, for the bill to be referred to the committee and the committee will look at it and make proposals to the House for consideration – that is not tenable. We cannot use two days for this and I'm seeing a situation where the government wants us to rush through in a single day everything. That has been very characteristic of this government – to use a single day to railroad everything that they want to go through in a single day,” he stated.

The Walewale MP said such conduct amounts to an abuse of the overwhelming majority Ghanaians gave to the NDC in Parliament.

“That is not democracy. That is abusing the absolute majority that the good people of Ghana have given the NDC government,” he added.

Parliament was recalled from recess for five days to consider urgent government business including the vetting of newly reassigned ministers, Supreme Court nominees, and the Deposit Protection Amendment Bill.