My absence was inadvertent: Due to ill health – Ken Agyapong tells Privileges Committee
When he appeared before the Committee, the Assin Central MP noted that his absence was “inadvertent, due to ill-health.”
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong has today, June 15, 2022 appeared before the Privileges Committee of Parliament to answer questions on why he was absent from the House for more than the stipulated fifteen sitting days during the First Meeting of the Second Session of the Eighth Parliament.
This follows the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Alban Bagbin's directive to consider circumstances surrounding the absence of three Members of Parliament; Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, Sarah Adowa Safo and Henry Quartey pursuant to Article 97 (1c) of the 1992 Constitution.
When he appeared before the Committee, the Assin Central MP noted that his absence was “inadvertent, due to ill-health.”
The Committee of Privileges consists of the First Deputy Speaker as Chairperson and not more than 30 other Members. It enquires into any complaint of contempt of Parliament or any matter of privilege, which may be referred to it.
