NPP nominates Prof Mike Oquaye as Speaker of Parliament again
The National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has chosen Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye to serve as Speaker of Parliament for the second time.
This was revealed by the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, saying, the NPP side of Parliament has proposed that Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye be maintained as Speaker in the 8th Parliament of Ghana.
According to Mr. Boadu, this decision assented to by President-elect Akufo-Addo and the Party’s Council, is out of the need to maintain consistency in Parliament in view of the current numbers.
“We need to have somebody that will not create any friction or whatsoever.
We have seen some before in the year 2004, we had a situation where our speaker has changed and the brouhaha that went with it was not okay,” John Boadu said.
His comments come after the question of who the next Speaker of Parliament will be has dominated news headlines in the country.
Names like Justice Dotse and Ayikoi Otoo have been rumored as a possible replacement for Prof Mike Ocquaye.
However, John Boadu disclosed that the President, as the de facto head of the Party, prefers to maintain Prof Mike Oquaye as Speaker of Parliament for “continuity.”
