Parliament has summoned Human Rights activist Oliver Barker-Vormawor over his recent allegation against members of the Appointments Committee.

Mr Barker-Vormawor is said to have accused members of the committee of demanding money from ministerial nominees appointed by President John Mahama before vetting and approval, respectively.

He made the claims in a post on Facebook on January 24.

The Clerk of Parliament has been directed to summon the human rights activist.

Chairman of the committee, Bernard Ahiafor, refuted this claim and directed the clerk of the committee to invite Barker-Vormawor for a probe on Wednesday.

He said, "Our attention is drawn to the media statement by Oliver Barker-Vormawor to the effect that the Majority Members of the Committee have been demanding money before approving the nominees and the Chairman must submit himself to ORAL. Let me place on record that I am ever ready to submit myself to ORAL. The second aspect was to the effect that all the committee members are taking money from the nominees before vetting and approval."

"We need to stop this attitude. So therefore I Bernard Ahiafor, First Deputy Speaker of Ghana's Parliament and Chairman of the Vetting Commiittee wants to place it on record that myself and the committee members do not demand money from any nominee before vetting and for approval," the Chairman added.

Currently, the Committee is deliberating on suspending vetting until the matter is resolved. The Minority side of the committee has called for the suspension of vetting, however, the Majority side has entreated for vetting to proceed.