Minority Leader warns internal rifts are weakening NPP caucus

The Minority Leader says escalating internal divisions are undermining the NPP caucus’s ability to confront the government effectively.

Alexander Afenyo-Markin delivered the caution during a meeting with his colleagues on the 7th floor of Job 600 on Thursday, stressing that the most damaging threat facing the caucus is not the Majority but their own inability to remain unified.

“We are not here by accident. We are here by choice,” he reminded members, underscoring their duty to act as the voice of citizens who depend on Parliament for strong oversight.

He warned that the caucus’s growing disorganisation was hurting those they were elected to serve.

“Our people are suffering. And we are allowing our internal disagreements to become their burden.”

He argued that although the Majority side is determined to sideline the Minority, the NPP lawmakers are unintentionally helping the government by engaging in petty conflicts instead of presenting a firm, coordinated front.

“The Majority sits across from us with one agenda—to suppress our views, to silence our expression, to render us irrelevant. And what are we doing? We are doing their work for them. We bicker. We backbite. We whisper in corridors instead of roaring in this chamber,” he said.

Afenyo-Markin urged members to halt the infighting immediately and recommit to unity, emphasising that healthy debate should not weaken the caucus’s core mission.

He acknowledged that the 2028 elections and internal party preferences would naturally generate competing views, but insisted these differences must not become obstacles to effective oversight.

“Yes, we will disagree on how to achieve our goals… But we must never allow our internal disagreements to make the people of Ghana the collateral damage of our divisions.”

He also accused the government of poor economic management and the politicisation of state institutions, warning that the NPP caucus cannot confront these issues while fragmented.

“Right now, as we sit divided, the government is running riot. They are mismanaging our economy. They are weaponising state institutions. They are persecuting our compatriots. But belief without action is betrayal,” he stated.

He called for discipline and collective resolve to strengthen the caucus’s role in safeguarding democratic accountability.