The Minority in Parliament has issued a stern warning to the flag bearer of the NPP and his running mate, Drs. Mahamudu Bawumia and Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to release the Majority MPs following them to come to Parliament.
The caucus has threatened to frustrate the business of Parliament if attendance on the Majority side does not improve starting next week.
Since Parliament resumed in July, there have hardly been 30 NPP MPs present, leaving the Minority to carry the burden of doing government business.
This comes days after NPP Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, also known Nana Poku (NAPO), was unveiled as running mate to Dr. Bawumia.
Speaking on the floor of the House Friday, July 12, 2024, Deputy Minority Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim, said if the NPP MPs continue to follow Dr Bawumia to campaign at the expense of responsibilities to the House, members of the Minority will advise themselves.
Mr Ibrahim warned that his side will also ask their legislators to go and campaign, a move which may leave the House handicapped.
“As I speak to you, flag bearer is in [the] north, running mate is in [the] south campaigning. Instead of telling them to come and do government work. Meanwhile, you have four months one week to be in government. Who should do that work?
“We are saying this because we will not come and sit here, doing government business, you are roaming in our constituencies campaigning. Mr. Speaker, we may not be victims for that and we mean serious business. If next week, all the 138 are not here, Mr. Speaker, we will also stand in for our members to also go and be campaigning,” he warned.
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