Haruna Iddrisu rejects seat offered him after his removal as leader

Former Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has rejected a seat offered to him following his removal from the front bench.

The Tamale  South MP was asked to take over the seat of MP for Asutifi South Collins Dauda but declined.

Speaking for the first time since his removal on the floor of Parliament during a debate on ratification of the African Union Convention on Cross-border Cooperation ( the Niamey Convention), the former Minority Leader who had gone to sit at the Majority side of the House and on the seat of the 1st Deputy Speaker said, “Forgive me that I have to assume your chair.

“There was [an issue] of whether I should take over from Hon. Collins Dauda or not, and I have told them that Hon. Collins Dauda is senior by age, Senior even to this House. So I will not sit in his chair as somebody who is well trained from home.”

According to him, any other seat offered would be acceptable, but certainly not that of Collins Dauda.

“So any other chair is acceptable to me. I am still the elected representative for Tamale South.”

Meanwhile, former Deputy Majority Leader James Klutse Avedzi has accepted the former seat of his successor Armah Kofi Buah behind his former seat.

It is not clear yet where former Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak will sit.

The Minority in Parliament has effected changes to its seating arrangements in Parliament following a leadership reshuffle.

The black seat, which initially had the former Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu’s name, has been replaced with Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the new Minority Leader.

Seated next to Dr Ato Forson is the Ellembelle MP Armah Kofi-Buah, followed by Kwame Governs Agbodza, the new Minority Chief Whip.

Other name tags have been removed, with some positioned in the middle and others far back.