The Majority Caucus in Parliament has refuted claims made by the Minority in Parliament, suggesting its members were allocated special travel privileges, including two slots each, to attend the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The NDC Majority describe the claims as misleading and capable of creating unnecessary tension in the House.
According to Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, the government is not financing or allocating travel slots to individual Members of Parliament.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, June 17, the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, stated, “Nobody was given two slots. The government announced that they were not sponsoring anybody apart from the established national supporters’ union to the World Cup.
“MPs have not been given slots, and so when you sit here and say those things, you are aggravating disorder in the House. How do you stand on the Floor of Parliament and be insinuating that slots were given but we kept them for ourselves?”
Also. Eric Edem Agbana, the Member of Parliament for Ketu North, has strongly rejected claims by the Minority in parliament that the government has allocated special slots to NDC MPs for the World Cup.
According to Edem Agbana, the allegations are blatant falsehoods, boldly stating that no Majority MP has been allocated slots for the World Cup.
He further challenged the NPP minority, making the allegation to provide evidence.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on June 10, 2026, Edem Agbana stated, “The Honourable Habib is in leadership, and with the greatest of respect to him, I must say that the statement he made on the floor yesterday about the Sports Ministry or government allocating slots to Members of Parliament from the NDC is not true. It’s a blatant falsehood”.
“The government earlier announced that no public funds will be spent to airlift supporters to the World Cup. However, the government engaged in a fundraising exercise and private individuals and organisations donated towards that exercise,” he said.
“What it means is that any Ghanaian that you may see at the World Cup may be part of people being sponsored privately and not from public funds,” he added.
Edem Agbana argued, “They come from a background where they spent public funds on airlifting supporters and party apparatus to World Cups. So even when it is not happening, they are assuming that it is happening”.
“I can tell you emphatically that no Member of Parliament from the Majority has been allocated slots to take people to the World Cup. It is a blatant falsehood,” he stressed.
“And I pray that when you call him, you put him to strict proof because he who alleges must prove,” he added.
Their comments come on the back of the Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Habib Iddrisu, speaking on behalf of the Minority Caucus in Parliament, accusing the government of secretly sponsoring NDC supporters to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
According to Habib Iddrisu, the actions taken by government officials and members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) contradict President Mahama’s publicly stated position.
He alleged that Members of Parliament on the ticket of the NDC have been given two slots each, adding that District Chief Executives (DCEs) across the country have also been given three slots per constituency.
Habib Iddrisu further argued that the arrangement undermines the government’s stated position as opportunities to travel for the tournament are being distributed along partisan lines.
Speaking at a press conference addressed by the Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Habib Iddrisu, on Tuesday, June 9, stated, “Why is it the case that the president is saying something, but the Ministry of Youth and Sports is doing something else? Why is it the case that they said they are not sponsoring supporters to go to the World Cup, but they are giving NDC MPs two slots each, and they are giving their constituencies three slots through the DCEs?
“It is denting the image of Ghana. If you go to the American embassy today, over a thousand people have applied, but they have issued fewer than a hundred visas to some of them because the right thing has not been done, they are not properly screened, and when they do things like that, it dents the image of Ghana.”
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