Member of parliament for Pru West, Stephen Pambin Jalula was teary as he revealed reasons for not writing his final year exams in 1992 before Parliament’s Appointments Committee.
During his vetting on Thursday, Mrs Ersula Owusu-Ekuful, a member of the committee, spotted a gap in the nominee’s curriculum vitae (CV) which revealed that he could not sit for his final year exams during his secondary education.
Responding to the question, Mr Pambin Jalula shared the story of how a group of angry youth decided to take revenge on students of Damongo Secondary School due to a conflict between the Gonjas and the Komkombas.
“That is one of the unfortunate incident that has characterized my development as a young man. During that particular conflict, as we know already, lives were lost, properties destroyed and people were displaced internally. So, this particular night, those students whose families were affected by the conflict decided to take revenge on us, so I had to…”.
The nominee became emotional and removed his spectacles, took out a handkerchief and wiped away his tears as he broke down.
Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful apologised to Mr. Stephen Pambin Jalula for making him relive that awful experience after the Chairman of the appointments committee, Joseph Osei Owusu requested for the MP to be given time to compose himself.
