Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader, has apologized to Appointments Committee Clerk Gifty Jiagge-Gobah for his recent outburst during a vetting session.
The Minority later demanded the Clerk’s resignation for suspected unprofessional behavior after Afenyo-Markin accused her of prejudice and procedural errors during the session.
The Minority Leader and other opposition MPs asserted that she showed obvious loyalty to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), undermining the impartiality of the screening procedure.
Afenyo-Markin, however, apologized for his comments after Governs Kwame Agbodza, the Adaklu MP and Minister for Roads and Highways, demanded an apology at a parliamentary session on Tuesday.
He acknowledged the need for decorum in Parliamentary procedures and confessed that his aggravation resulted in an unprofessional response.
“Mr Speaker let me unreservedly say to the clerk to the Appointments Committee Mrs Gifty Jiaggae-Gobah I am sorry. Let me also say to her husband that my comments in terms of internal matter if as a husband he is traumatised by this, I hereby unreservedly apologise. To the children let me unreservedly say sorry to the children.
“Let me unreservedly say sorry to the extended family, those close and dear to her who are affected by my outpour of disappointment in her conduct and to all her colleagues in the parliamentary service including colleagues who felt I could have managed the matter better. Mr Speaker I am sorry,” Afenyo-Markin stated.
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