Haruna Iddrisu, the former Minority Leader in Parliament, refused a seat offered to him by the minority caucus leadership on Thursday.
The MP for Tamale South indicated that the seat offered to him belonged to Collins Dauda, MP for Asutifi South, who is his senior colleague and so cannot accept it.
He stated this when taking the seat of the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, during a debate on the African Union Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation, generally known as the Niamey Convention.
He later apologized to the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament for not taking the position offered to him, stating that he couldn’t because of his respect for elders.
“Mr Speaker, forgive me if I had to assume your chair, there was whether I should take over from Collins Dauda and I told them that Collins is senior by age and I am somebody who is well trained at home so any other chair is acceptable to me, I am still the elected Member of Parliament for Tamale South.”
Cassiel Ato Forson took over as Minority Leader on January 24 after NDC officials chose to rearrange their leadership.
Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, MP for Ellembelle, also took over as Deputy Minority Leader from Ketu North MP, James Klutse Avedzi, while Kwame Governs Agbodza took over as Minority Chief Whip from Asawase MP, Muntaka Mubarak. .
