The Member of Parliament for Twifo Atti David Vondee has told the opposing New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to adopt the shut-up strategy.
According to David Vondee, the NPP needs to adopt the shut-up strategy, as they make more sense when they are mute.
The MP is quoted by GHOne to have said, “NPP needs to adopt the ‘shut-up’ strategy, they make more sense when they keep quiet”.
In related news, the Minority in Parliament has cried out over the alleged decline in national security during President Mahama’s administration.
According to the minority, crime has left citizens living in fear, with Ghanaians now sleeping with one eye open.
Patricia Appiagyei, the Deputy Minority Leader, attributed the situation to the Mahama government’s politicisation of the police service.
She claimed that armed robbery and violent crime have surged over the past year, with Ghana now grappling with deepening security challenges one year into President Mahama’s renewed mandate.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, January 8, Patricia Appiagyei stated, “Ghanaians now sleep with one eye open. The security situation has deteriorated, turning our once peaceful nation into one gripped by fear and uncertainty”.
“As of July 2025, Ghana had recorded about 628 armed robbery cases and 314 murders involving illicit arms in just half a year. Ghanaians no longer feel safe in their own homes. The duty to safeguard life and property has weakened under politicised policing and neglect of our security services,” she added.
Additionally, Dennis Miracles Aboagye has claimed that prices of goods and services are rising despite the fall of the US dollar to the cedi.
Speaking at a forum assessing the government’s first year in office, dubbed the People’s Forum, Miracles Aboagye stated, “When the trotro drivers and taxi drivers complain, the NDC government says the dollar has come down. When market women complain, the government says the dollar has come down. And when unemployed teachers and nurses ask for what is due them, they are told to keep quiet because the dollar has come down”.
The view on the people’s forum is that the government needs to come clean with us; they need to tell us the truth, something is going on somewhere that they are not telling us. How is it that the dollar has come down, yet prices of day-to-day items that you and I will benefit from will go up?
They keep saying the market is wicked, the business people are wicked, and that is why they are not reducing prices”.
Miracles Aboagye further explained, “If I am a cold store owner and my import costs fall because the dollar is down, but I am paying 28% more for electricity and higher water bills, how will I reduce prices of meat or other products?” he asked.
Cement 42.5 R Ghacem, which was 90 cedis in December 2024, today it is selling between 110 and 120 cedis. Roofing sheets that were 900 cedis in 2024 are selling for 2000 cedis.
He added, “A boil of Kenkey that they campaigned with, today Kenkey is selling for 7 cedis, and other places in Koforidua, the women are telling me that they are buying Kenkey for GH¢10. A pack of bottled water that was selling for 28 cedis, it’s selling for GH¢36, sachet water was GHS 8, now GHS 10, “he said.
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NPP needs to adopt the “shut-up” strategy… – David Vondee (MP, Twifo Atti)#GHOneNews #EIBNetwork #GHOneTV #NewsAlert #GHToday pic.twitter.com/jnq4fI6ZBi
— GHOne TV (@ghonetv) January 5, 2026