The Member of Parliament for Pusiga, Laadi Ayii Ayamba, has shared disturbing details about the events that transpired during the ministerial vetting on January 30.
According to Mrs. Ayamba, the Minority Leader and MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, launched an unprovoked attack on the committee clerk, Gifty Jiagge-Gobah.
Speaking before the investigative committee, Mrs. Ayamba recounted, “As soon as we began, the minority entered, and what I witnessed was a direct attack by the Minority Leader on the clerk, Gifty Jiagge-Gobah, without any provocation.”
“As a woman, I could not sit back and watch this happen. It made me uncomfortable, and it continued for some time before I felt the need to stand up,” she added.
When the chairman instructed the clerk to administer the oath to the nominee, something she had already done, Mrs. Ayamba noticed that, due to the ongoing aggressive attack, the clerk was unable to proceed.
She immediately stepped in, encouraging Gifty, “You are supposed to listen to the chairman, not anyone else. Administer the oath, why are you sitting down?”
The situation worsened when unsavory remarks were directed at Gifty Jiagge-Gobah by some members of the minority, questioning her political affiliation and making personal attacks. Mrs. Ayamba could not stand idly by and allow this behavior to continue.
At one point, she turned to the Minority Leader and said, “She is a dignified woman, and with that, she doesn’t have to be spoken to in that way. Please, can you stop?”
Mrs. Ayamba expressed, “I could not just sit there and allow this to happen. As a woman, I felt it was my responsibility to stand up for Gifty. She deserves respect, and I could not let such behavior go unchecked.”
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