There is expected to be equal representation for the Majority and Minority on the Appointments and Business Committees of Parliament, according to proposals from Parliament’s Selection Committee.
It has put forth 25 persons to constitute the Appointments Committee subject to debate on the Floor of Parliament.
A 26th member will by default be the Joe Osei-Owusu, whose position as First Deputy Speaker means he will chair the committee.
The membership of the committee reveals an even split between the Majority and Minority on the committee.
Mr. Osei-Owusu’s deputy will be the Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, if the list is approved.
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, will serve as a ranking member on the committee with the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, serving as his deputy.
The selections committee in its report recommended that the Standing Orders of Parliament be reviewed in earnest “in view of the fact that the revision would have numerical consequences on the composition of the various committees of the House.”
But because of the need to facilitate the business in the House and that of Government, the Committee proposed the membership of the Business Committee and Appointments Committee.
It wants the two Committees to work in the interim pending the passage of the reviewed Standing Orders that take into account the ratio of 138:137 for the Majority and Minority in Parliament.
The Bussiness committee will have 10 members a piece for the Majority and Minority.
It will be chaired by the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu with his vice-chair being Mr. Afenyo-Markin.
The Ranking members will be Mr. Iddrisu and the Deputy Majority Leader, James Avedzi.
Proposed Appointments Committee members
First Deputy Speaker (Joe Osei-Owusu)
Alexander Afenyo-Markin
John Ntim Fordjour
Frank Annoh-Dompreh
Patrick Yaw Boamah
Dr. Mathew O. Prempeh
Henry Quartey
Bryan Acheampong
Ursula G. Owusu-Ekuful
Patricia Appiagyei
Osei Bonsu Amoah
Alhassan Tampoli Sulemana
John Ampoyuah Kumah
Haruna Iddrisu
M. Mubarak-Muntaka
Manama Ayariga
Sampson Ahi Member
Eric Opoku
Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare
James Agalga
Edwin N. L. Vanderpuye
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
Alhassan Suhuyini
Francis Xavier Kojo Sosu
Zuwera Mohammed Ibrahim
Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui
Proposed Business Committee members
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
Alexender Kwamena Afenyo-Markin
Frank Annoh-Dompreh
Lydia Seyram Alhassan
Moses Anim
Mavis Hawa Koomson
Alex Tetteh Domobuah
Joseph Cudjoe
Mavis Nkansah Boadu
Habib Iddrissu Member
Haruna Iddrisu
James Klutse Avedzi
M. Mubarak-Muntaka
Ahmed Ibrahim
Dela Sowah
Abdul-Rashid H. Pelpuo
Joycelin Tetteh
Eric Afful
Dr. Zenator Rawlings
Adama Ramadan
