Speaker Alban Bagbin has ordered a temporary suspension of the special committee investigating the disruption during the ministerial vetting process.

The directive takes effect immediately and will continue until further notice.

This update was shared by the committee's chair, Emmanuel Bedzrah, as Gifty Jiagge-Gobah, the clerk who was on the receiving end of verbal abuse from Alexander Afenyo-Markin, was giving her testimony.

"The clerk of parliament has instructed that we should suspend the sitting until further notice, and therefore, I want everybody to be aware that it is not the committee that has decided to stop but the Clerk to Parliament of Ghana has requested that until he gets further instruction from the speaker, the Committee should the sitting. On that note, we want to discharge you," he said.

The committee tasked began its public hearings today. The committee's role is to scrutinize the events of January 30, which saw a standoff between the Minority and Majority over the vetting schedule and the destruction of parliamentary equipment.

The committee chaired by Ho West MP Emmanuel Bedzrah and includes members Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, Gizella Akushika Tetteh-Agbotui, Abena Osei Asare, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Vincent Oppong Asamoah, and Bede Anwataazuma Ziedeng.

It has been tasked with presenting its findings and recommendations within 10 days.