Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye has threatened to cause the withdrawal of accreditation for the media in Parliament for failing to cover the debate on President Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address.
Journalists in parliament on Tuesday stepped out of the chamber following the decision by the Minority to abstain from the debate on the address in line with their earlier walkout.
The media, however, returned after interviews with the NDC MPs regarding their decision to abstain from the debate.
But Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu today took an issue with the action of the media with a reminder that their allegiance is to parliament and not individual MPs.
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu agreed that journalists in parliament must focus on the chamber but argued the majority MPs did worse when they were on the other side.
Prof. Oquaye registered his disdain for the action of the media threatening to make them unwelcome guests should the episode repeat itself.
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