By Edzorna Francis Mensah
At the extraordinary meeting of the Parliamentary Service Board in November, 2024 at which three deputy clerks were interviewed for the position of the Clerk to parliament, Mr Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror emerged as the newly appointed clerk to Parliament of the Republic of Ghana.
This follows the retirement of the current clerk to parliament, Mr Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah who will be attaining the compulsory retirement age of Sixty (60) years on 2nd February, 2025.
Mr Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror is an experienced lawyer by profession and one of the longest-serving procedural clerks. In addition to serving as the Clerk at the table of the house, he has in the past served as the clerk to various committees of Parliament including the Committee on Constitutional, legal and Parliamentary Affairs, the Business Committee, Committee on Judiciary as well as Committee on Foreign Affairs of parliament.
The Rt. Hon Speaker of the Eight Parliament and Chairman of the
Parliamentary Service Board, Mr. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has already issued an appointment letter to the incoming Clerk, to enable him to commence work from 1st January, 2025. Mr Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah has therefore in a letter signed by the Rt. Hon Speaker been directed to proceed on his due annual leave on the 31st December 2025.
Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietrior is therefore expected to be in the chair to conduct the swearing-in of newly elected members of Parliament and the speaker on the 7th of January, 2025.
The incoming Clerk who is touted as the most experienced procedural clerk and the longest-serving clerk at the Table is expected to conduct proceedings without any difficulty.
The Rt. Hon Speaker is expected to formally announce to the house about the appointment of the new clerk to
Honourable Members of Parliament before the House rises Sine Dine for the Christmas holidays.
