Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has disobeyed the NDC Council of Elders’ recommendation that all parties refrain from making public statements in the wake of disagreements over a reorganization of the Minority leadership in Parliament.
Johnson Aseidu Nketiah
Mr. Asiedu Nketiah spoke at a news conference in London, contradicting the Council of Elders’ advise, and stated that extensive consultations were conducted before the leadership of the NDC chose to change the Minority leadership.
The NDC parliamentary caucus’ cooperation with the Speaker of Parliament is one of Mr. Asiedu Nketiah’s top priorities as the party’s national chairman.
“Why did it take so much work to elect an NDC member as Speaker of Parliament? There are undoubtedly certain benefits, and when your leadership works with the Speaker, those benefits can be utilized. Therefore, we cannot have a situation in which the NPP leadership cooperates with the Speaker while the NDC leadership finds it difficult to do the same.”
In support of the reorganization, Mr. Asiedu Nketiah remarked, “And if you are given a party whose leadership in Parliament is not functioning together, what will you do? You make the adjustments or you resign, and I’m not about to leave.”
All party members, including Members of Parliament (MPs), had been encouraged by the NDC Council of Elders to exercise caution in their public remarks over the recent changes to the Minority leadership.
It was revealed last week that the NDC has replaced Haruna Iddrisu, James Klutse Avedzi, and Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka as Minority Leader in the House of Representatives with Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, and Governor Kwame Agbodza.
Johnson Aseidu Nketiah
The National Executive Committee of the NDC was petitioned by 73 of the 137 minority MPs to overturn the decision to rearrange the Minority leadership.
They asked the Council of Elders to step in, claiming that none of the NDC’s constitutional bodies—Congress, the National Executive Committee (NEC), the Functional Executive Committee (FEC), the Council of Elders, or the members of Parliament—had made the decision, which they claimed had surprised them.
In a news release dated January 28, 2023, the Council of Elders responded to the petition by stating that it had been received and that it will be dealt with swiftly along with other pertinent issues.
“Those who are alleging that nobody had been consulted, I want to inform them that this is one of the decisions over which there has been the most consultative process, anyone who needed to be consulted was consulted,” Mr. Asiedu Nketiah stated at a news conference in the UK.
I hope it is clear that the decision is ours and cannot be the decision of those who were consulted.
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Don’t go blaming the individuals you consulted since each of them will offer you their opinions, and then you sit down to synthesis the opinions, and then your conclusion may reflect that, if you have the obligation of making a decision.
“The decisions you make will be based on your work; the ideas are merely the raw materials.”
As a result, Mr. Asiedu Nketiah added, “I take full responsibility for the decision as a leader, and I don’t want anybody to blame anybody at all for that decision.
Why did it take us so long to find an NDC speaker? –
The NDC parliamentary caucus’ cooperation with the Speaker of Parliament is one of Mr. Asiedu Nketiah’s top priorities as the party’s national chairman.
Johnson Aseidu Nketiah
“Why did it take us so long to elect an NDC member as Speaker of Parliament. There are undoubtedly certain benefits, and when your leadership works with the Speaker, those benefits can be utilized. Therefore, we cannot have a situation in which the NPP leadership cooperates with the Speaker while the NDC leadership finds it difficult to do the same.
“And what will you do if you are handed a party whose leadership in the legislature is not cooperating with one another? Either you make the adjustments, and I’m not about to leave.