Minority accuses First Deputy Speaker of partisanship over rejected nurses’ strike statement.

The Minority has accused the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, of extreme partisanship following the rejection of a request to present an urgent statement on the ongoing nationwide strike by nurses and midwives.

Speaking to the press in Parliament on Tuesday, June 10, Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, said the Minority had sought to make a formal statement under Standing Order 93(1), which allows for statements on matters of urgent public importance, but the Speaker refused to admit it.

“We are here clearly to explain to the public the extreme partisan nature of the First Deputy Speaker. He’s been extreme.