The National Democratic Congress' (NDC) lawmakers on Parliament’s Health Committee had to quickly abandon their tour of some sites of the Agenda 111 initiative in the Ashanti Region after being hit with news of the re-composition of the leadership of their caucus in Parliament.

Asempa FM reports that the MPs who were led by Ranking Member on the Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh on the tour were shocked to learn of the decision by the National Executive Council of the party as they were completely in the dark.

Majority of the MPs who as per the report were ten in number learned of the decision from journalists who were part of the tour.

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh was mentioned as one MP who only got to know of the changes when a journalist tried to get a reaction from him.

According to the report, there was division among the ten MPs as some welcomed the decision and others opposed it.

Another sticking point for the MPs was the lack of consultation and the fact that the new leadership were not selected by the MPs themselves.

A former deputy Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has been appointed as the Minority Leader, as replacement for Haruna Iddrisu.

Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has also been named as the new Deputy Minority Chief Whip.

Kwame Agbodza takes over as Chief Whip.

Ahmed Ibrahim, MP for Banda, has been maintained as the First Deputy Minority Chief Whip, while Comfort Doyo Cudjoe-Ghansah, MP for Ada, is the Second Deputy Minority Chief Whip.

This was contained in a letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, from the National Democratic Congress dated January 23, 2023.

KPE