Parliamentary proceedings on January 8 took a dramatic turn when Speaker Alban Bagbin referred to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament as a "micro-minority."

The description, made during a debate, sparked an immediate protest from the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who described the term as unbefitting of parliamentary discourse.

The Minority side rose in agitation filling the floor with chants against the Speaker's choice of words.

Mr Afenyo-Markin argued that it undermined the dignity of the NPP caucus.

"The Minority Caucus hereby protest the description given to us by the Speaker," he said.

The Speaker admitted that Mr Afenyo-Markin was right in his argument.

But Mr. Bagbin was quick to point out that the Effutu MP had previously used the term in that context.