Minority Leader Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin has claimed that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) would lose more than 35 parliamentary seats if a general election were held today.

He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would regain its parliamentary majority in the 2028 elections and secure victory for its flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, in the presidential race.

If elections are held today, NDC will lose – Afenyo-Markin

Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at the opening of the Third Meeting of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin said recent research findings suggested a decline in the NDC's electoral fortunes.

"Mr Speaker, I want to tell my colleagues that just yesterday, research findings were published that clearly state that if elections were to be held today, the NDC will be losing over 35 seats," he said.

He urged NPP MPs to remain united and intensify their efforts ahead of the next general elections, insisting that the party's internal challenges had largely been resolved.

"So Mr Speaker, what it means is that if we press on, if we press on like we are doing, come 2028, we will overtake them and remain the majority and elect Dr Mahamadu Bawumia as the president of Ghana," he added.

The Minority Leader also addressed the NDC's organisational preparedness, emphasising that the NPP had completed its internal processes and was preparing to select parliamentary candidates, while the governing party had yet to make similar progress.

"Mr Speaker, we are done with all our internal processes. We have a national chairman. They don't have a national chairman. We are starting the process of selecting parliamentary candidates. They have not gotten anywhere at all," he stated.

Beyond the political contest, Afenyo-Markin used his address to criticise the government over unemployment, the cost of living, illegal mining, cocoa prices and the management of public resources.

He questioned the implementation of the NDC's 24-hour economy policy, arguing that the government had yet to deliver the jobs promised to young Ghanaians.

"A 24-hour economy that cannot keep a single factory switched on. A 24-hour economy that cannot build a single market is not an economy. It is a hopeless slogan," he said.

He also called for investigations into the management of the Ghana Gold Board and the government's Domestic Gold Purchase Programme, insisting that Parliament must scrutinise the financial implications and decisions behind the programme.

On illegal mining, he warned that the country's environmental destruction could undermine agricultural productivity and threaten the livelihoods of millions of Ghanaians.

Afenyo-Markin further called for the payment of outstanding arrears owed to public sector workers and urged the government to address recurring industrial actions.

He said the Minority would continue to hold the government accountable while scrutinising its policies and decisions.

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