The National Executive Council (NEC) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will confirm the changes to the Majority Caucus leadership in Parliament on Friday, February 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt will be confirmed tomorrow by the National Council. But that is the lineup. Locked\u2026most unlikely to change,” a Ghana News Agency source said. Following the resignation of Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Deputy Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Efutu, will be formally presented as the new Majority Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madam Patricia Appiagyei, the MP for Asokwa, would be the new Deputy Majority Leader, while Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the MP for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, would remain the Chief Whip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Habib Iddrisu, MP for Tolon, has been appointed as the First Deputy Majority Whip, with Alex Tettey Djonobuah, MP for Sefwi Akontombra named the Second Deputy Whip,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Ghana\u2019s longest-serving lawmaker, formally announced his resignation during a crunch meeting between President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Majority Caucus on Wednesday at the Jubilee House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his reaction to the former Majority Leader\u2019s resignation, Joseph Osei-Owusu, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament and MP for Bekwai, said he was disappointed at the Majority Leader\u2019s decision to resign. Addressing the Parliamentary Press Corps on Thursday, he said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am personally disappointed that Kyei decided to stand down, he has been a fantastic leader, and he is an extremely hardworking person and I would have wished that he stayed on to the end. \u201d When asked if the Majority Leader was forced to resign, Osei-Owusu said he had no basis to make such conclusions. \u201cI don\u2019t have any such information, I have no basis for that conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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