We’ll announce your names if you keep coming to Parliament with the virus – Speaker of Parliament

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, informed Members of Parliament on Wednesday, 3 February 2021 that some had tested positive and had yet to take their exams to keep away from Parliament.

We'll announce your names if you keep coming to Parliament with the virus – Speaker of Parliament

He said that this was an order from the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.

“Mr Speaker wishes me to draw the attention of the members of the house that some MPs who have, in fact, tested positive, to the COVID, are still coming to the chamber”, he said.

“Mr Speaker wishes me to inform that if those members do not withdraw and isolate, he’ll be forced to publish their names of members who have tested positive in order to warn the rest of us,” he cautioned

“Please, let’s take this protocol seriously and let all members who have been informed of their test results that they have tested positive withdraw from the precincts of Parliament, not just the chamber; stay home and self-isolate, go through the protocols and recover before they return to the house”. He added.