Former Tamale Central MP Inusah Fuseini told Channel One TV’s The Big Issue on Saturday, September 19, 2026, that Ghana’s Constitution does not require a Consultative Assembly for proposed constitutional amendments. Fuseini’s remarks come as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called for a Constituent or Consultative Assembly to implement recommendations from the Constitution Review Committee.
Speaking on the programme, Fuseini said the Constitution already sets out the procedure for amending its provisions and that the process ultimately ends in Parliament. “The NPP, I don’t think that they were advised by their constitutional experts. If you look at the amendment procedure in the Constitution, there is no way, there’s no way in the Constitution that is stated that you require a consultative assembly for the purposes of a constitutional amendment,” he said.
He added that amendments must follow the procedures provided for in the Constitution, including a referendum for entrenched provisions. “For the purposes of amending the Constitution in the way that we want to amend it, it will end in Parliament. And Parliament for that purpose will be a constituent assembly,” he explained.
Fuseini noted that the Constitution does not specifically provide for a Consultative Assembly as part of the amendment process. “That provision does not state in a consultative assembly. That’s the first thing,” he said. He added that a Consultative Assembly could be considered if the intention was to draft an entirely new Constitution rather than amend the existing one. “Even in rewriting a new Constitution, you can say, well, we will set up a consultative assembly. We will turn Parliament into a constituent assembly for the purposes of receiving proposals to write a new Constitution for us,” he said.
The comments arrive amid ongoing debate over the government’s response to the Constitution Review Committee’s recommendations and the process for implementing the proposed reforms.
