Minority boycotts Lydia Alhassan swearing-in

The Minority in Parliament on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 boycotted the swearing-in ceremony of Ms Lydia Alhassan, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency during the by-election on Thursday, 31 January 2019.

The election was marred by violence and attacks on some National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters.

Heavily-armed National Security operatives shot and wounded the opposition supporters at the private residence of the NDC’s candidate about an hour into the by-election.

Class 91.3FM’s parliamentary correspondent, Ekow Annan, who was in parliament on Tuesday, reported that the Minority protested with placards, one of which had the inscription “bloody widow” on it.

Ms Alhassan had five children with the late MP, Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko, who died in the United States of America while seeking medical treatment.

She was sworn into office by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu.

Deputy Majority Leader Sarah Adwoa Safo extolled the competence of Ms Alhassan after she was sworn in.

She said: “We know her competence, we know her courage, we know her endurance and we know her past records as a unifier, as a hardworking woman and a woman with a good heart.”

Source: Class