{"id":154809,"date":"2024-02-22T19:07:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T19:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/22\/afenyo-markin-takes-over-as-majority-leader-patricia-appiagyei-named-deputy\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T19:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T19:07:42","slug":"afenyo-markin-takes-over-as-majority-leader-patricia-appiagyei-named-deputy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/22\/afenyo-markin-takes-over-as-majority-leader-patricia-appiagyei-named-deputy\/","title":{"rendered":"Afenyo-Markin takes over as Majority Leader; Patricia Appiagyei named deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following the resignation of Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Deputy Majority Leader and MP for Efutu, has been designated as the new Majority Leader.<\/p>\n

Patricia Appiagyei, the MP for Asokwa, will serve as his deputy, and Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the MP for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, will remain the Chief Whip.<\/p>\n

Habib Iddrisu, MP for Tolon, has been appointed Deputy Whip, while Alex Tettey Djonobuah, MP for Sefwi Akontombra is named the Second Deputy Whip.<\/p>\n

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Ghana\u2019s longest-serving lawmaker, formally announced his resignation during a crucial meeting at the presidency in Accra on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu, popularly called (Joewise), on Thursday, February 22, expressed utmost displeasure at the decision by Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to resign as Majority Leader.<\/p>\n

Addressing journalists in Parliament, on Thursday, February 22, the MP for Bekwai said, \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<\/p>\n

Asked if the outgoing Majority Leader was forced to resign, the First Deputy Speaker shot it down, stressing that he has no basis to make such conclusions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have any such information, I have no basis for that conclusion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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