The news on social media suggested that 14 Members of Parliament (MPs) from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) voted for the defence deal, while only 10 MPs from the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) approved same. It is therefore mind boggling for anybody to suggest that the minority NDC MPs having argued that the agreement was unconstitutional will turn around and recommend its passage.In fact, the committee could not agree on what recommendation to make in relation to the agreement in its report as the minority NDC MPs and the majority NPP MPs simply took entrenched positions. Eventually, the compromise position taken was for the Minority NDC MPs led by the Ranking Member for Defence and Interior committee, Hon. James Agalga to propose an amendment with the concurrence of the majority MPs led by the Chairman of the Defence and Interior committee, Hon. I hereby challenge the NPP members of parliament led by Hon.

Source: GhanaWeb March 26, 2018 09:29 UTC