Three Supreme Court nominees by President John Dramani Mahama have received parliamentary approval as Justices of the Supreme Court.

The nominees are Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko-Essah, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, and private legal practitioner Anthony Forson Jnr, a former President of the Ghana Bar Association.

During the vetting, the Minority Caucus walked out of the room over claims that the process did not follow parliamentary procedure.

The Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has argued that the caucus was not against the nominees but the process by which they were vetted.

The approval came after Parliament adopted the Appointments Committee's report, which had recommended all three nominees for the Supreme Court.

Court of Appeal Justice Amoako Asante previously led the ECOWAS Court of Justice as its President.

Private legal practitioner Anthony Forson Jnr is a former President of the Ghana Bar Association with decades of experience at the Bar.

Anthony Forson Jnr, a private legal practitioner and former President of the Ghana Bar Association, brings extensive experience from private legal practice.

However, Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Bernard Ahiafor, dismissed the objection, describing the grounds raised by the Minority as “flimsy”, “hollow” and “baseless”.

He said any member dissatisfied with a decision of the House must use the procedures provided under Parliament’s Standing Orders to seek a reversal.

“If you are aggrieved by the decision of the House, the method available for you to reverse that decision is contained in our own Standing Orders,” Mr Ahiafor said.

“I will not preside over this committee and purport to vary the orders or directions or decision taken at the plenary by the entire House,” he said.

“It is not done in any democracy, and I will not be the first to introduce it in Ghana’s democracy.”

Mr Ahiafor also rejected suggestions that the committee should treat the Supreme Court nominees differently from other nominees appearing before it.

Following the chairman’s decision, the Minority, led by Mr Afenyo-Markin, walked out of the vetting.

Meanwhile, Mahama Ayariga and Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings have been approved by Parliament as Ministers for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and Environment, Science and Technology, respectively.

Parliament endorsed their nominations after they underwent vetting by Parliament's Appointments Committee as part of the constitutional process on Thursday, August 27.

President Mahama on August 7, nominated new ministers and reassigned others.