The former Majority Leader in Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has urged all the New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislators and the entire Parliament to support his successor Alexander Afenyo-Markin to deliver.
This was after the Suame legislator officially briefed the House on the changes made to the majority leadership in parliament.
“I introduce to you Afenyo-Markin who takes over from me as Majority Leader,” Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said.
“I thank my colleagues for always being there for me and the course of the party and government and I will entreat my colleagues to offer the same assistance and support to my successor to successfully prosecute the millennium agenda of governance,” he added.
Mr Kyei-Mensah Bonsu further clarified that his resignation as Majority Leader was solely his and not influenced by external pressure, as speculated in some media reports.
He also thanked the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, and the entire House during his leadership, acknowledging the collective efforts that elevated the status of the Ghanaian Parliament.
“Mr. Speaker, Let me take the opportunity to thank you for the cooperation and collaboration that existed between me and you over the entire period that our paths crossed here in Parliament and we have worked together to uplift the status of the Ghanaian Parliament in many endeavours and much more especially litany since when you assumed the position of the Speaker of Parliament.
“Let me not only thank my caucus but the entire membership, officers, and men of this House who have all played their part to ensure that we rose high the flag of Ghana.”
Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu will, however, keep his role as the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs.
The National Council of the New Patriotic Party on Friday confirmed the new leadership of the majority caucus in Parliament as Alexander Afenyo-Markin, MP for Effutu takes on the mantle of Majority Leader starting today, Friday, February 23.
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Patricia Appiagyei, MP for Kumasi Asokwa, deputizes him.
The other leaders are the MP for Nsawam/Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, who maintains his position as the Majority Chief Whip.
Habib Iddrisu, MP for Tolon, and Alex Tetteh Djornobuah, MP for Sefwi Akontombra also maintain their roles as First and Second Deputy Majority Whips.
The leadership changes were confirmed at a meeting led by the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong.
This meeting, involving members of the Majority Caucus, deliberated on recommendations from the National Executive Committee (NEC) concerning the leadership reshuffle.