A member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo, has advised former president John Mahama to desist from putting his trust in the party’s MPs as he eyes a comeback as flagbearer.
The Minority MPs have this week come under intense criticism for failing to hold government in check after Parliament approved six ministerial nominees and also passed three revenue bills into law.
Speaking on Asaase 99.5 Accra’s news analysis show, The Forum, on Saturday (1 April), Samoa Addo said: “I have lowered my expectations when it comes to the NDC MPs in Parliament.”
“My only advice to my presumptive presidential candidate is that he should operate as if he doesn’t have any MPs and fashion out his campaign, and campaign to win the presidential ticket,” he said.
“I and the majority of our NDC members have lost trust in our MPs,” the lawyer and NDC member said. “They have failed us on critical national issues.”
Don’t criticise Akufo-Addo
“So, if we are doing a government of national unity, let’s do a government of national unity, which is clearly what we are doing now.
“I don’t expect anybody to criticise President Akufo-Addo for the size of his government any more because we’ve added more ministers and it was a parliamentary decision. And I didn’t see the NDC standing up and voting en masse,” Samoa Addo said.
“The Parliament of Ghana is working in the national interest of Ghana, three bills that impose extra taxes on Ghanaians, at the end of the month if you look at the amount of taxes, how do you expect the ordinary businessman to survive?” Addo asked.
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Reporting by Fred Dzakpata in Accra
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