Afenyo-Markin Is Majority Leader With Patricia Appiagyei As Deputy

Deep throat sources at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) headquarters have disclosd that Effutu Member of Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin has been agreed upon by the party hierachy in consultation with the caucus in parliament as the new Majority Leader replacing Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu who has resigned.

Member for Asokwa in the Ashanti region, Patricia Appiagyei has also been confirmed Deputy Majority Leader, whiles Nsawam Adoagyiri Member, Frank Annoh-Dompreh will remain the Majority Chief Whip.

Member for Tolon Habib Iddrisu was elevated from Second to First Deputy Whip, while MP for Sefwi Akontombra, Alex Tettey Djonobuah becomes Second Deputy Whip.

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Ghana’s longest-serving lawmaker, formally announced his resignation during a crucial meeting at the presidency in Accra on Wednesday.

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu, popularly called (Joewise), on Thursday, February 22, expressed utmost displeasure at the decision by Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to resign as Majority Leader.

Addressing journalists in Parliament, on Thursday, February 22, the MP for Bekwai said, “I am personally disappointed that Kyei decided to stand down, he has been a fantastic leader, and he is an extremely hardworking person and I would have wished that he stayed on to the end.”

Asked if the outgoing Majority Leader was forced to resign, the First Deputy Speaker shot it down, stressing that he has no basis to make such conclusions.

“I don’t have any such information, I have no basis for that conclusion,” he said