Isaac Adongo, Frank Annoh-Dompreh and Habib Iddrisu
Isaac Adongo, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central, raised concerns on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, on the floor of the House to the presiding Speaker, Lawyer Andrew Asiamah, over the dress code of the Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri Constituency, Frank Annoh-Dompreh.
According to Isaac Adongo, he has observed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP has been coming to the chamber with improper dressing.
“Mr. Speaker, I seek your indulgence to draw your attention to a creeping development that I have noticed in the last two days, and if we don’t address it, it may fester. My leader is one person that I have admired here; he has always been up with his dressing, but over the last two days, I have seen that he has not been properly dressed. Yesterday, he addressed this House the way I am without a necktie, and today, he has appeared the same way.
“I took a lot of cues from the way he dresses in this House. There are new members of the House who may follow soon, so I just thought that I should draw your attention to that so that he can put it right,” he said.
However, Annoh Dompreh stood up, challenging the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP to improve his fashion skills and learn about modern trends.
“Mr. Speaker, I thought I had a friend in my honourable member; this is indeed surprising. However, Mr. Speaker, I will encourage my colleague to up his sense of fashion. Mr. Speaker, I am spot on; I have a dependable wife who always directs me in terms of what to wear to this House.”
Isaac Adongo refused to heed Annoh Dompreh’s claims and called on the speaker to take action on it, as, according to him, there is a dress code in the Parliament of Ghana.
“Mr. Speaker, it is about the dress code of the House. It may be nice to wear it outside and look funky, but when you come to this House, we have a dress code; it is not about fashion.”
Lawyer Asiamah assured him of revisiting the issue later.
The First Minority Whip in Parliament, Habib Iddrisu, interjected, schooling Isaac Adongo on fashion and explaining that Annoh Dompreh’s shirt is a tunic shirt, which does not require a necktie to complement it.
“Mr. Speaker, we are not going there…. I just wanted to draw the attention of the honourable member for Bolgatanga Central that it is not every shirt that you put a tie on. This is a tunic shirt, and you don’t put a tie on it. He is properly dressed. The Minority Whip is properly dressed.”
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