Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has defended his recent comments advocating for a new parliamentary chamber and an upgraded healthcare facility for MPs, following public backlash and misinterpretations of his remarks. Speaking during the inauguration of the Parliamentary Service Board for the ninth Parliament, Afenyo-Markin highlighted security lapses in the legislative chamber and the need for […]
A disagreement between Appointments Committee Chairman Bernard Ahiafor and Ranking Member Alexander Afenyo-Markin disrupted the vetting of Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice-designate, Srem-Sai, after the latter insisted the nominee perform a traditional dance. The clash began when Afenyo-Markin asked Srem-Sai to demonstrate the Agbadza dance, a cultural performance associated with the Ewe people. […]
The Minority in Parliament has boycotted the vetting of deputy ministerial nominees, rejecting the nomination of Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice-designate, Srem-Sai, along with Alhassan Suhuyini and Yussif Sulemana, Deputy Ministers-designate for Roads and Lands, respectively. The walkout followed a heated exchange between Appointments Committee Chairman Bernard Ahiafor and Ranking Member Alexander Afenyo-Markin […]
Ghana’s Parliament has once again been marred by chaos as members of the Appointments Committee engaged in violent clashes during the vetting of ministerial nominees on Thursday, January 30. The disorder erupted following disagreements between the Minority and Majority over the continuation of proceedings past 10 PM, leading to destruction of state property and police […]
Outgoing Majority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged the incoming National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to retain the current Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, in the 9th Parliament. According to Mr. Afenyo-Markin, the institutional empowerment achieved under Speaker Bagbin’s leadership over the past four years has been unparalleled. He emphasized that […]
An NPP Member of Parliament, Afenyo-Markin, who is the Majority Leader, has successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to halt the removal of four legislators, a move that temporarily preserves the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) slim majority in Parliament. The legal intervention follows a directive by Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, who declared the seats […]
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament have pledged to boycott parliamentary proceedings after Speaker Alban Bagbin’s ruling cost them their majority in Parliament. On Thursday, October 17, Speaker Bagbin declared the seats of four MPs—Cynthia Morrison (Agona West), Kojo Asante (Suhum), Andrew Asiamah (Fomena), and Peter Kwakye Ackah (Amenfi Central)—vacant. These MPs, who were […]
