Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has sent a direct message to the new Majority Leader, James Agalga, but says he will miss the chamber relationship he had with Mahama Ayariga.
Afenyo-Markin assured James Agalga of his support in Parliament, but says his ultimate objective is to transform the Minority Caucus into the Majority.
According to Afenyo-Markin, he would not obstruct his counterpart but would instead provide an alternative perspective on government business.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, August 27, after Agalga formally assumed the Majority Leader position, Afenyo-Markin stated, “I am saying that you can find in me a friend. My job is not to obstruct you. My job is to offer a different lens to things you may not see”.
“I can promise you a well-researched dossier for all my debates. That I can promise you,” he added.
“My job really, my job really is to turn this Minority into Majority. That really is my job,” he stressed.
The Minority leader also cautioned Agalga against attempts to weaken or infiltrate the Minority Caucus as he begins his tenure as Majority Leader.
The development follows James Agalga officially assuming the position of Majority Leader following a communication from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin announcing changes.
Earlier, Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, had said President John Dramani Mahama’s announcement of Builsa North MP James Agalga as the new Majority Leader was not in accordance with parliamentary procedure.
Speaker Bagbin highlighted that the President does not have the authority to formally communicate a change in the leadership of a parliamentary caucus to the Speaker.
According to Speaker Bagbin, under Parliament’s Standing Orders, any change in the leadership of the Majority or Minority Caucus must be formally communicated to the Speaker by the General Secretary of the political party.
Speaking on Monday, August 24, 2026, Speaker Bagbin made the clarification, saying, “The communication says acting because the President has no authority to communicate the change of the leadership of the House to the Speaker. And so it was actually done in error. This matter has come before the House a number of times. As a result, even in our current Standing Orders, we had to define the two terms, Majority Leader and Minority Leader.
“And clearly our Standing Orders say Majority Leader means a Member of Parliament designated by the Majority Caucus as their leader in the House. And as you know, the practice is that the party, under the hand of the General Secretary, communicates that decision of the party to the Speaker,” he said.
Alban Bagbin also revealed that Agalga could only assume the position after the appropriate communication is received from the governing party.
“So the procedure today may look different. That is why you still see that the Majority Leader is still in his seat, because he’s still the Majority Leader, until otherwise communicated by the party and then decided by the caucus and the information passed on,” he added.
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“You can find in me a good friend. My job is not to obstruct you; my job really is to turn this Minority into Majority.”
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