Kofi Benteh Afful, the NDC Member of Parliament for Sefwi Wiawso, has mocked the NPP Minority in Parliament as the ‘One Corner Minority’.
According to the NDC MP, the minority are failing to see the distinction between economic growth and development.
Speaking on the floor of parliament, Kofi Benteh Afful stated, “Before I became a parliamentarian, I heard that this House had two sides, your left-hand side and your right-hand side. But ever since I came here, I’ve seen a median. However, what I have seen are four ‘connects,’ one of which is occupied by the NPP, which was in the previous government.”
“Our friends in one corner are trying to tell us that they have forgotten the basic economics of the distinction between economic growth and economic development. If this is what you did, then I’m not surprised that you went into the examination in December 2024, and your best score was 87 out of 276.”
“We would not want to be like you. We are treading cautiously. The Minister for Finance is not only a finance expert, he is also an accountant and has taught us how to prudently manage an economy,” he said.
“Today, we are presenting a budget that is not only seeking to grow the economy but to develop it. Even though we have stepped up to grow the economy by 4.8%, Mr Speaker, in this 4.8%, 800,000 jobs are going to be created to solve some of the problems they left behind,” he said.
The MP added, “That is why he is not running his mouth. He doesn’t want to run away. He doesn’t want to be a fugitive of justice. He wants to be able to come back home and attend the funerals of relatives.”
“Their only fear is that by the time the programmes in this budget have been executed, they will become extinct.”
The NDC in the ninth parliament of Ghana has a two-thirds majority in Parliament with 184 out of 275 seats, along with four independent MPs, while the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) holds 86 seats.
However, Minority Leader, Afenyo-Markin, has boldly stated that the NDC majority in parliament cannot match the NPP minority when it comes to debating on the floor of parliament.
Afenyo-Markin highlighted that while the majority holds the numerical advantage, the minority excels in terms of content and consistently delivers high-quality submissions.
According to Afenyo-Markin, the majority caucus having sleepless nights tells him that his caucus is doing something right.
The minority leader asserted that he might not like the way the majority leader is doing things, but that is his method that he has adopted.
Speaking on Asaasepa FM, Afenyo-Markin stated, “Seeing the heat from us, I think it is his own strategy of also keeping up. I don’t see it personally. I have been a majority leader before, and I wouldn’t have adopted that approach, but it is his style. I can sit here and condemn him.
I don’t need to be comfortable with it, but I also don’t give him comfort because what he is doing tells me and my caucus that we are effective. The fact that the Majority is having sleepless nights tells me that we are doing something right”.
“In the chamber, strength exists only in numbers in favour content favours us. I am saying that in the chamber, when a headcount is being conducted, they have the numbers, but when it comes to the work in parliament and sharing ideas, they cannot compete with us; they know that.
When it comes to debating, they do not come to our level”, he added.
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NDC MP for Sefwi Wiawso Kofi Benteh Afful has given the NPP Minority a new name – "One corner Minority". pic.twitter.com/WSutejm2vU
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