A group called Professionals for Change (P4C) is demanding an apology from the Minority Caucus in parliament to to the newly elected Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Seyram Alhassan.

The group's call comes on the back of the walk-out staged by the Minority made on Tuesday February 5 2019 when Lydia Alhassan was being sworn in as the MP on the floor of the House.

Before staging the walkout, the Minority MPs brandished placards on the floor of the house, some of which read: “Bloody widow”.

In a statement, P4C described the behaviour of the Minority Caucus as “insensitive” and “heartless”.

In a statement, the group quizzed: “Where is their humanity? For political reasons, the NDC MPs chose to throw away one of our societal norms of according a widow, respect and went ahead to describe her in such an unpalatable manner. This is the height of insensitivity on the part of the Minority! This is heartless, to say the least.”

“We demand an unqualified apology from the Minority to Honourable Lydia Seyram Alhassan. Going by their own logic, B.T. Baba, the MP for Talensi, should also not have been recognised because his election was characterised by terrible acts of violence and mayhem which resulted in fatal injuries to innocent voters.”