Shamima Muslim, the Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, has slammed opposition NPP over their criticism of the government’s handling of Ghana’s recent floods.
According to Shamima Muslim, Ghanaians today are politically intelligent enough to distinguish between genuine governance and mere political theatre.
She added that Ghanaian citizens rightly expect competence from the NDC administration.
Shamima Muslim stated that the NPP can swim in the flood waters if they want or do whatever they want just to score political points.
Speaking on Metro TV on Thursday, July 2, 2026, Shamima Muslim stated, “Often we put all the blame on the doorstep of the politicians because we say that they are the ones that hold the public purse. That politician is a representative of the people. The people have expectations, and they make demands. It is all of us. It is not only the politician”.
“And I say that to the extent that the politicians continue to make themselves available for the contest, because it’s a contest. And until people who think they can do better make themselves available to that same contest, what we have is what we have”.
“You can condemn and write off politicians and threaten them that you will vote them out. Every politician that comes into office knows how limited the time is, and so the thing is not to threaten; it is to work together and demand action from those who have put themselves up for the job”.
Shamima Muslim added, “I will not sit here in the light of what has happened and say that the NPP is wrong for playing politics. They can swim in the floodwaters if they wish”.
“I think that we are in a new Ghana where the average Ghanaian knows what performance is and what performance art is. But I accept that they expect competence from the government of the day because that is what we offered to do. And that is what President Mahama has willed us to do, to deliver on his mandate to the people of Ghana,” she said.
“I’m sure it is because they believe that the NDC is competent enough, because if you don’t have confidence in somebody, you will not call them to act. And so we will act,” she said.
Her comments follow the Minority in Parliament has called for the immediate dissolution of the Stan Dogbe-led seven-member presidential task force established to tackle Accra’s perennial flooding.
According to the Minority in Parliament, the June 29 flooding is the clearest evidence that the Stan Dogbe-led flood task force has failed.
They argued that Monday’s devastating floods demonstrate the committee’s failure to deliver meaningful interventions despite more than a year in operation.
The minority caucus also demanded a full parliamentary investigation into the task force’s work, chaired by Deputy Chief of Staff Stan Dogbe, following the flood that killed 12 people.
They also urged the government to implement urgent public health measures to avert disease outbreaks following the floods, which have claimed at least 12 lives.
Speaking to the media during a press conference, Afenyo-Markin stated, “Yesterday’s flooding is the clearest evidence that this task force produced no meaningful intervention on the ground. If serious drainage works, desilting or flood mitigation infrastructure had been undertaken, the impact of the rains, however heavy, would have been measurably reduced”.
“Instead, entire neighbourhoods went underwater, exposing the gap between government rhetoric and government delivery.”
“The Minority is calling on this House to establish a parliamentary committee specifically mandated to investigate the conduct of the flood preparedness task force and the relevant government ministries and agencies in the lead-up to this disaster,” he said.
“Those found responsible for negligence or dereliction of duty must be held accountable,” he stated.
“This is not a presumption of guilt. It is a basic standard of accountability that any institution facing serious questions over its conduct should observe so that the investigation can proceed without interference and so that those under scrutiny are not left to oversee the very response to a crisis their own inaction may have worsened,” he added.
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— Metro TV Ghana (@metrotvgh) July 2, 2026
