Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has condemned the Minority in Parliament over its concerns about Ghana’s aid to Jamaica, Cuba, and Sudan.
Speaking to Roland Walker in an exclusive interview on TV3’s NewDay on Thursday, December 18, 2025, Ablakwa said the Minority criticises without substance, resorting to such merely because of their position as a Minority.
He chastised their double standards approach, saying they vacillate on the issue, looking at how they channeled their criticism in the chamber on Wednesday.
“When you’re Minority, it doesn’t mean you should criticise everything. Because when you listen to them in Parliament yesterday, you’ll see how they were vacillating, approbating and reprobating… saying at one breath, ‘we are not against assisting our brothers and sisters in Jamaica’, in another breath you say ‘we are being hypocritical diplomacy, why care about others’.”
Ablakwa said the Minority failed to highlight pressing issues in Ghana that the government isn’t addressing. “If they had made a case that there are problems in Ghana and the government is not caring for them… then you can carry the people along.”
He cited the government’s efforts on legacy debt and unpaid salaries for teachers, doctors, and others. “This is an administration that has cared so much for the Ghanaian; legacy debt, arrears we have inherited… we’re taking care of all that.”
The Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, was responding to the Minority’s demand that he appears in Parliament to brief legislators on the government’s GH₵10 million donation of relief items to Jamaica and Cuba.
The assistance package, aimed at supporting victims of a recent hurricane, comprises bags of rice, mattresses, gari mix, cocoa products, storage tanks, and other essential commodities. Part of the aid is also earmarked for Sudan, which is experiencing conflict-related challenges.
In Parliament on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, insisted that the government provides a clear explanation for the donations, particularly given that the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) continues to grapple with a shortage of relief supplies for affected Ghanaians.
“The Foreign Affairs Committee of this House was not consulted in any manner. All we hear is that relief is being provided, but the process of procurement remains unclear”
“In this country, we face serious disasters, such as the recent flooding, where citizens have appealed for assistance, yet NADMO has indicated a lack of stock. We need transparency on this,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Minister added that the quest to support others in need is part of Ghana’s foreign policy.
