The Minority in Parliament has declared its intention to take the matter to the Supreme Court if the five reassigned ministers are not brought before Parliament for screening.The Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, contended that since the president revoked the appointments of the ministers in question, their reassignment must undergo parliamentary scrutiny.

Dafeamekpor stated in Parliament on Friday, “I am saying on the authority of the constitution that those persons’ appointments were revoked by the president, and their re-assignment must be subjected to parliamentary scrutiny.

“So, we are demanding that those five ministers he has reassigned must be subjected to parliamentary vetting, and that is the procedure, so they cannot escape parliamentary scrutiny,” he said in Parliament on Friday.

He added “We will do our duty as the constitution demands, and we will demand that their names be submitted to parliament for them to be vetted, and if this call is not heeded, we will proceed to the Supreme Court for legal interpretation.”

President Akufo-Addo recently executed a ministerial reshuffle, ten months before the end of his tenure.

While some ministers, including Ken Ofori-Atta, were dismissed, others like Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and Francis Asenso Boakye were reassigned to different portfolios. The reshuffle was announced in a press release dated February 14, signed by Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communication at the presidency. According to Arhin, the President expressed appreciation for the commitment and hard work of the departing ministers and wished them well in their future endeavors.