The Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has advised his colleague, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, to withdraw his petition seeking the removal of Abena Osei-Asare as Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), describing the move as ill-informed and potentially embarrassing.
The Gomoa Central MP on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, filed a petition with the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to remove Abena Osei-Asare as Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), arguing that her role presents a conflict of interest since the issues currently before the committee occurred during her tenure as Deputy Minister of Finance.
In a Facebook post responding to A Plus’ petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Osei Nyarko cautioned that the call for the Speaker to remove the PAC Chair was procedurally flawed and contrary to parliamentary rules.
“My colleague A Plus should take his time to learn the parliamentary rules and procedures properly,” the Akim Swedru MP wrote. “He should know and understand that the Speaker has no powers to remove any Member of Parliament from any committee — not even the Leader of Government Business in the House has such powers.”
He explained that only the leadership of the caucuses, through the Committee of Selection, can make changes to committee memberships or leadership positions.
“His petition to the Speaker to remove Hon. Abena Osei-Asare is dead on arrival,” Mr. Osei Nyarko said, urging A Plus to immediately withdraw the request “to avoid any embarrassment to himself.”
He added that if A Plus believed the PAC Chair had acted in an unparliamentary manner, he should invoke the appropriate sections of the Standing Orders instead of calling on the Speaker to take action outside his mandate.
Mr. Osei Nyarko, however, maintained that parliamentary procedure must be respected and warned against what he described as “political bravado” that undermines the dignity of Parliament.
