The Minority Leader in Parliament and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, is set to appear before Parliament’s Privileges Committee.

This follows a request by the Minister of the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.

During the House sitting on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, the minister asked that the Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo‑Markin, be referred to the Privileges Committee to respond to allegations concerning recruitment in the security services that reportedly involve a senior government official.

The minister said Afenyo-Markin has been making the accusations much earlier, and that he had even tried to stop him.

However, during President John Dramani Mahama’s State of the Nation Address on Friday, February 27, 2026, the Effutu MP reiterated his comments, prompting the minister to request the referral of Afenyo-Markin to the Privileges Committee.

“Mr Speaker, if you recollect, you were in the chair on Thursday when he started this allegation. I took the opportunity on the floor to correct him and show him, and even encourage him that if he wanted information, he could write and I would furnish him with all the details.

“He decided to take advantage of the State of the Nation Address on Friday, when the whole world was listening to us, to say categorically that the current internal security recruitment is scandalous; there's corruption looming. People will go to prison. He said it on this floor,” he fumed.

Muntaka further stated that Afenyo-Markin's action amounted to contempt of the house and must be investigated.

He added that the Minority Leader had made a habit of making baseless allegations, but this time around, he would be forced by the Majority Caucus to provide evidence.

“And I’m saying that, Mr Speaker, based on our Standing Order 31 (E and F), that is contentious. And I'm saying that let's give him the opportunity to go to Privileges, where you have all the ample time and opportunity to provide all his allegations so that we meet him there with our facts.

“So, Mr Speaker, that is why I am referring to the fact that we are having too many of such comments coming from somebody like the Minority Leader, and the time for him to prove his allegation is here, and the best place to do that, Mr Speaker, is at Privileges,” he said.

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The Interior Minister has cited the Minority Leader for contempt over claims made by Alexander Afenyo-Markin that the ongoing security recruitment is a scam and cutting many youths who do not have access to the internet.

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