{"id":269323,"date":"2024-12-22T09:57:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T09:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/22\/afenyo-markin-will-put-the-ndc-on-their-toes-ibrahim-ahmed\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T09:57:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T09:57:25","slug":"afenyo-markin-will-put-the-ndc-on-their-toes-ibrahim-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/22\/afenyo-markin-will-put-the-ndc-on-their-toes-ibrahim-ahmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Afenyo-Markin will put the NDC on their toes \u2013 Ibrahim Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Member Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Ato Kwamina Afenyo-Markin<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Member of Parliament for Banda, Ibrahim Ahmed, has expressed confidence that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) minority will not face challenges in selecting their new minority leader.<\/p>\n

Speaking with our parliamentary correspondent, Ibrahim Alhassan, at Parliament on December 20, Ahmed stated that Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin is a \u201cborn opposition leader\u201d who as the minority leader, will help put the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on their toes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a born opposition leader. Afenyo-Markin is very good at opposition, but not at government,\u201d Ahmed noted. \u201cIn the majority, you defend; in the minority, you attack. Markin is an attacking midfielder, not a defensive one. That is why he didn\u2019t perform well as a majority leader. But in the minority, he would be able to keep the NDC supermajority on their toes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drawing a comparison between political leadership and cultural traditions, Ahmed explained that, just like in many cultures, the oldest figures within the family often emerge as leaders, and the same applies to political parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a party is losing, it tends to lose most of its senior members. So technically, as we see in our culture, the oldest man becomes the Abusuapayin(head of the family). In every minority party, there are senior figures who will step into leadership positions,\u201d Ahmed said.<\/p>\n

He also emphasized that the NPP\u2019s transition to a new minority leader will proceed smoothly, largely due to the presence of experienced figures within the party. Ahmed singled out Afenyo-Markin as a standout candidate for the minority leadership role, stressing that his technical expertise makes him a much more effective minority leader than a majority leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfenyo-Markin is very good at opposition, but not at government. If you were to give him the majority leader role, he might not perform as well. There are certain technical aspects in his leadership that make him a much more effective minority leader than a majority leader,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n

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