Parliament has by a voice vote rejected the private motion moved by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central Mahama Ayariga. 

The motion was that the house resolves to request the President of Ghana to take urgent steps to absorb the fees of students of public tertiary education Institutions for the 2020/2021 academic year and to extend support to accredited private Universities as part of the covid 19 alleviation measures being implemented by the government of Ghana.

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The speaker after listening to debate by both sides of the house put a question for the house to decide whether the motion be approved or rejected.

The NDC caucus of the house voted in favour of the motion whereas the NPP caucus voted against it.

In voice voting, it was the discretion of the speaker to decide which side was louder and the NPP caucus had it.

During the debate, all the New Patriotic Party members spoke against the motion and argued that it lacks clarity and that it's of substandard.