The Minority in Parliament has condemned the leadership of the Majority Caucus, alleging that it has failed to enhance the welfare of its members and has raised doubts about the government’s reliability regarding job creation.
The Minority contended that a government incapable of sufficiently addressing the needs of its 189 Majority Members of Parliament cannot be trusted to fulfill its broader employment commitments to the citizens of Ghana.
During the discussion on the Appropriation Bill No. 2, 2025, on Thursday, December 18, Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, characterized the government as a failure, claiming that some Majority MPs were forced to utilize commercial vehicles to attend parliamentary sessions.
“They also said they were going to create one job with three shifts. A government that cannot take care of the many jobless youth who are looking for jobs, a government that cannot take care of its 189 members in this chamber,” he stated.
Mr. Afenyo-Markin additionally asserted that backbenchers on the Majority side were facing difficulties and had become ineffective, arguing that such conditions undermined the government’s claims regarding job creation.
“The backbenchers in this House are suffering, and you say you are going to create jobs. When your members have been rendered redundant and cannot go back to their constituencies, you say you are going to create jobs,” he remarked.
He urged the Majority Caucus to prioritize the welfare of its own members, emphasizing that their well-being is a matter of leadership responsibility.
“The Majority should take care of its own backbenchers; they are your MPs. It is not enough to come here with 189 MPs, and you cannot take care of them,” the Minority Leader further stated.
He also questioned the government’s dedication to responsible spending, pointing out the significant number of appointees at the Presidency despite the appointment of 60 Ministers.
“The minister for public sector reforms has been rendered redundant and jobless. She is just at the Jubilee House. The minister in charge of special initiatives is also just there doing nothing, and he is being paid salaries doing nothing.
“…They said they were only going to appoint 60 ministers, but there are many other government appointees,” he added.
