In the absence of the speaker, leaders of the Majority and Minority caucuses received the petition promising that appropriate action will be taken on the demands. According to GhanaWeb sources, the speaker is currently out of the country on official assignment hence his absence when the 'March for Justice' protesters arrived to present their petition. This position is corroborated by Joy News journalist, Joseph Opoku Gakpo who disclosed on the station's Top Story programme of July 6 that Alban Bagbin was currently in Nigeria. Before arriving in parliament, the protest leaders had stopped at the presidency to present a copy of the petition to the president. The party's General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia and Women’s Organiser Hannah Bissiw presented the petition which was received at the Jubilee House by a Deputy Chief of Staff, Emmanuel Adumua-Bossman.

Source: GhanaWeb July 07, 2021 06:11 UTC