Beatrice Annan, a Presidential staffer, has rebuked Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin following his remarks after President John Dramani Mahama delivered the 2026 State of the Nation Address.
According to Beatrice Annan, his learned senior, Afenyo-Markin must learn to deliver a more refined closing remark.
She stressed that the Minority Leader’s haphazard style of ending submissions falls short of the standard set by his predecessors.
The Presidential staffer further explained that advocacy, even in opposition, should carry elegance and discipline.
In a post shared on X on February 27, 2028, Beatrice Annan wrote, “Respectfully, my learned senior, Afenyo-Markin, must learn to deliver a more refined closing remark. This haphazard style of ending submissions falls short of the standard set by his predecessors.
Advocacy, even in opposition, should still carry elegance and discipline. Beautiful advocacy persuades not only through argument, but through composure and craft”.
Beatrice Annan’s remarks follow Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who slammed President John Dramani Mahama, saying that one year into his administration, the government is still “acting with slogans and no action.
He quizzed President John Dramani Mahama if Ghanaans are going to eat macroeconomic indicators and inflation.
According to Afenyo-Markin, the cocoa farmers have reduced the producer price, and Ghanaians continue to suffer under galamsey hardship.
Speaking in response to the 2026 State of the Nation Address, Afenyo-Markin stated, “What the president failed to tell the people of Ghana is that one year in government, he is still acting with slogans, no action. Electricity tariffs have skyrocketed, and Ghanaians cannot afford electricity. We have 1000s of Ghanaian youth who were dismissed through a letter by the CJ.
“As we speak, there is a scandal looming in security services recruitment, Trybe Net. We know who brought that company to the Ministry. Karma has a way, and the Minority will pursue the person and make sure there is full disclosure.
“The cocoa farmers have reduced the producer price, and Eric Opoku cannot be found, and they are telling us, Inflation macroeconomics, Macroeconomics ‘na ye be di…Ghanaians continue to suffer under galamsey hardship, and we expect concrete action to be taken on galamsey”.
He added, “To conclude, our elders say give credit where credit is due. Mr President is telling us today that some gains have been made, those gains through this gold for reserve.
The Gold-For-Reserve policy, which they have failed to tell Ghanains is that the Bawumia that they attack is the brainchild of this policy. I will want to urge the government to give to Bawumia what belongs to Bawumia”.
Some X users reacting to Beatrice Annan’s remarks stated, “Hypocrite Beatrice Annan.
Your double standard is shameful. You blast Afenyo-Markin for lacking “elegance and discipline” in his SONA rebuttal. But when Hon. Armah-Kofi Buah called Akufo-Addo’s tenure “a timely reminder of how not to govern a country” one of the rawest attacks on a president in living memory, where was your lecture on composure and craft?
No complaints then. Just cheers from your camp. In opposition, you shouted more fire; in government, you call it “haphazard” for the same heat.
That’s not consistency. That’s selective outrage hypocrisy dressed as parliamentary etiquette. Apply the standard evenly, or drop the pretence. Ghana sees through it”.
“Please don’t call him learned because there’s nothing learned about what he just demonstrated. Utterly shameful,” a netizen added.
See the post below:
Respectfully, my learned senior, Afenyo-Markin must learn to deliver a more refined closing remark. This haphazard style of ending submissions falls short of the standard set by his predecessors.
— Beatrice Annan (@Beatrice_Annan1) February 27, 2026
Advocacy, even in opposition, should still carry elegance and discipline. Beautiful…