The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, claims that the party’s 2024 election campaign message would focus heavily on the economy, which is why it has decided to reorganize its parliamentary leadership.
He believes that the new leadership’s expertise will help the party spread its message the most effectively.
The NDC announced its decision to replace Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu with Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson in a letter to Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin dated Monday, January 23, 2023.
Other changes include Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, MP for Ellembelle who has been brought in to replace Ketu North MP, James Klutse Avedzi as the Deputy Minority Leader while Kwame Governs Agbodza has also replaced Asawase MP, Muntaka Mubarak as the Minority Chief Whip.
Ahmed Ibrahim and Comfort Doyoe-Ghansah were, however, maintained in their positions as First and Second deputy Whips respectively.
“The 2024 election is going to be fought around the economy, so the debate is basically going to be about the economy. So if you are a serious party fighting to win an election. You must put your best foot forward to win the debate”.
“You can’t just tell people that the economy is in shambles when you have not been able to put your experts there to be able to communicate to Ghanaians how you will do things better. So this is the point where we need our finance and economic people around, and that is why we put them there,” Mr. Asiedu Nketiah explained.
After hearing the news on Tuesday, some party members in the Tamale South constituency surrounded the constituency office to express their displeasure with the party’s parliamentary leadership transition.
Inusah Fuseini, a former representative for Tamale Central, similarly referred to the NDC’s shift in leadership in Parliament as unexpected.
Mr. Fuseini thinks the sudden adjustments are a part of the party’s grand strategy for the general elections in 2024.
