According to Bagbin, he didn’t know which dignitary seated on the occasion yesterday had a woman named Ramatu, throwing the chamber into laughter. Yesterday during the State of the Nation Address delivered by President Akufo-Addo, the NDC minority demanded to see Ramatu Bawumia after the Speaker acknowledged dignitaries present and mentioned Samira Bawumia. In response to the minority bench, Right Hon Bagbin said:“Honorable members, I don’t know which of you has a girlfriend called Ramatu but we don’t have any dignitary here called Ramatu,” Bagbin said. This is not the first time the Speaker of the House, Alban Bagbin introduced ‘Ramatu’ into the public discourse. It will be recalled that during the inauguration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President of the Republic on January 7, 2021, Bagbin introduced the Second Lady Samira Bawumia as Ramatu Bawumia.

Source: GhanaWeb March 10, 2021 07:07 UTC