Is Johnson Asiedu Nketia on the Parliamentary Service Board of the 9th Parliament? NO!

The claim

On April 24th, 2025, Hon. Vincent Ekow Assafuah, member of parliament for Old Tafo was on JoyNews' Pulse program where he claimed that Johnson Asiedu Nketia is a member of the Parliamentary Service Committee (Board). He made these comments when he was speaking about his supreme court petition challenging the suspension of Ghana's Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo.

We had cause to have the current chairman of the NDC who is also a member of the Parliamentary Service Committee to say that the Chief Justice and the Electoral Commission ought to resign by themselves and to him, if there is a removal of the Chief Justice and the Electoral Commission… commissioner, he will support it. — Hon. Vincent Ekow Assafuah, MP for Old Tafo

What we found

On 9th March 2025, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford, inaugurated the 9th Parliamentary Service Board and Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia is not part of the members of the board. The members of the board are:

• Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror — Clerk to Parliament

Mahama Ayariga — MP for Bawku Central and Majority Leader

Alexander Afenyo-Markin — MP for Effutu and Minority Leader

Angela Oforiwa Alorwu-Tay — Former MP for Afadjato South

Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah — Former MP for New Juaben South

Hon. Bernard Ahiafor — MP for Akatsi South

Hon. Andrew Asiamah Amoako — MP for Fomena

According to the Parliamentary Service Act 1993 (Act 460), the functions of the service committee are: (a) to provide support services to Parliament and any committee or agency of Parliament for the purpose of ensuring the full and effective exercise of the powers of Parliament; and (b) to provide such other services as Parliament may by resolution determine.

Verdict

Johnson Asiedu Nketia is not a member of the Parliamentary Service Board of the 9th Parliament. The official membership list does not include him. We rate this claim FALSE.