{"id":3291,"date":"2024-02-23T16:21:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2024-02-23T16:21:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:21:35","slug":"kyei-mensah-bonsu-briefs-speaker-on-changes-to-majority-leadership-says-his-resignation-was-voluntary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=3291","title":{"rendered":"Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Briefs Speaker On Changes To Majority Leadership, Says His Resignation Was Voluntary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Suame lawmaker Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has briefed Speaker Alban Bagbin on the changes made to the leadership of the Majority Caucus in Parliament.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said on the floor of the House that his resignation as Majority Leader was voluntary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He thanked the Speaker Alban Bagbin for the cooperation that has existed between them over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you for the cooperation and collaboration that existed between you and I over the entire period that our paths crossed,\u201d he said among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has been kept as the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs despite his resignation as Majority Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was after the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) confirmed the MP for Efutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin as his replacement as Majority Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-672e268b130c162bad3cf9912c594b18 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i-WzKpUc3-Q?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Suame lawmaker resigned on February 21 during a meeting between the Majority Caucus and President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NPP NEC held an emergency meeting in Accra on Friday February 23 to announce the changes made to the leadership of the Majority. At that meeting, the NEC decided to keep Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu as Minister for Parliamentary Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Justin Kodua Frimpong is expected to formally communicate the decision to Parliament, TV3\u2019s Duke Mensah Opoku reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other members of the newly constituted Majority Caucus are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Patricia Appiagyei (MP for Asokwa)&nbsp; \u2013 Deputy Majority Leader<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frank Annor Dompreh (MP for Nsawam-Adoagyiri) \u2013 Majority Whip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Habib Iddrisu (MP for Tolon)- 1st Dep. Majority Whip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex Tetteh Djonobuah (MP for Sefwi Akontombra) \u2013 2nd Dep. Majority Whip<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s bond &amp; band together instead. The majority Caucus shall succeed. Let\u2019s keep working hard\u2026\u201d Afenyo-Markin said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suame lawmaker Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has briefed Speaker Alban Bagbin on the changes made to the leadership of the Majority Caucus in Parliament. He said on the floor of the House that his resignation as Majority Leader was voluntary. He thanked the Speaker Alban Bagbin for the cooperation that has existed between them over the years. 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