{"id":267832,"date":"2024-12-19T09:23:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T09:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/ndcs-lean-government-could-leave-many-mps-redundant-in-parliament-afenyo-markin\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T09:23:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T09:23:18","slug":"ndcs-lean-government-could-leave-many-mps-redundant-in-parliament-afenyo-markin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/ndcs-lean-government-could-leave-many-mps-redundant-in-parliament-afenyo-markin\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC&#8217;s lean government could leave many MPs redundant in Parliament \u2013 Afenyo-Markin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/747\/74775775.295.jpg\" alt=\"Majority Leader of Parliament Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin\" title=\"Majority Leader of Parliament Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Majority Leader of Parliament Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Alexander Afenyo-Markin, outgoing Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu has expressed concerns about the challenges NDC MPs will face in the 9th Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, with the party\u2019s intention to reduce the size of government to 60 ministers, many MPs may be left without additional responsibilities beyond their parliamentary duties.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on JoyNews, Afenyo-Markin explained that about 35-40 NDC MPs will become ministers and deputy ministers, leaving around 140 MPs without ministerial appointments.<\/p>\n<p>He believes this will lead to frustrations as MPs contend with constituency demands without the necessary financial resources.<\/p>\n<p>Afenyo-Markin drew from his own experience, noting that a similar situation affected the NPP government. He warned that the NDC\u2019s decision could weaken their ability to function effectively in Parliament despite their majority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNDC has an overwhelming majority in Parliament. They have promised a lean government. I can foresee a lot of their MPs being redundant. They promised 60 ministers, and out of that, some will have to come from Parliament because of the constitutional custom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they are going to have about 35 or a maximum of 40 MPs who will be ministers and deputy ministers. If you take that out of their over 170 seats, they will have 140 MPs who will be redundant in Parliament, and all they would have to do is come to Parliament to do YEEYE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese MPs will have demands from their constituents and will be expected to go to their constituencies. The money will not be there because only a few have had ministerial appointments, and that is where their wars will start.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Majority Leader of Parliament Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin Alexander Afenyo-Markin, outgoing Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu has expressed concerns about the challenges NDC MPs will face in the 9th Parliament. According to him, with the party\u2019s intention to reduce the size of government to 60 ministers, many MPs may be left without additional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NDC&#039;s lean government could leave many MPs redundant in Parliament \u2013 Afenyo-Markin - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/ndcs-lean-government-could-leave-many-mps-redundant-in-parliament-afenyo-markin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NDC&#039;s lean government could leave many MPs redundant in Parliament \u2013 Afenyo-Markin - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Majority Leader of Parliament Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin Alexander Afenyo-Markin, outgoing Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu has expressed concerns about the challenges NDC MPs will face in the 9th Parliament. 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