The information gathered from reports suggests, the minority leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has settled his GHS500,000 MASLOC loan.
According to Ghana Chronicles, Afenyo Markins has settled the loan he took for his constituent.
Abigail Akwambea Elorm Mensah, the acting Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), had earlier noted issues of non-repayment of loans by some politically exposed persons.
The MASLOC CEO, particularly cited MPs, including the minority leader in parliament, Hon. Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
Speaking on Radio Gold, Abigail Akwambea Elorm Mensah, the MASLOC CEO, stated, “I have a situation where an MP has brought a list of people…, I will give you a typical example, Hon Afenyo Markin, he has taken about 500,000 cedis for people in his district. On my list it his name is there, and there is another gentleman named the former Chairman for the NPP in the Effutu constituency.
I have personally spoken to the gentleman, and I asked him that your people are not paying the money. He said, ‘As for him, he was only an agent, honourable told me to go and take the money and gave me the list of the people to give the money to, that is what I did.
In this case, the people may not know they are supposed to pay; the former chairman is even saying he does not know they are supposed to pay, so they should talk to Afenyo Markin.
So, I have officially written to the Speaker of Parliament on this issue about 500,000. This will do a lot for MASLOC”.
In related news on MASLOC, the CEO has revealed that three government vehicles have been retrieved from the residence of Chairman Wontumi.
The MASLOC CEO disclosed that the Centre, with support from National Security operatives, retrieved the three cars, with two yet to be recovered.
According to the MASLOC CEO, the initiative is part of efforts to recover government loans and vehicles from defaulters.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on September 10, Abigail Elorm Mensah stated, “I have gone with National Security operatives to the house of the Chairman of the NPP in Ashanti Region, Chairman Wontumi.
Three cars. In fact, the cars were five. We’ve retrieved three. I have collected all from his house. We are still chasing him for the two. He has to pay for them”.
“What we do is that once I seize the cars, the agreement we have with you is that you would have to repay whatever has accrued, and we release the cars to you,” she said.
MASLOC CEO added, “We’ve reported a lot of the issues to the police,” she confirmed.
She further revealed an incident involving a relative of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who allegedly refused to return a government Nissan Urvan.
“I have a situation where a brother of former Vice President Seidu Imoro picks a car and he is bold to tell us that ‘well, he has used the car to work and he’s bought his own, so if we want we could come for it.’ So we’ve seized it,” she added.
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UPDATE:
— Ghana Chronicles (@_GhChronicles) October 24, 2025
Afenyo Markins has settled the loan. https://t.co/zJdqjbozdD