The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has reaffirmed the Minority’s commitment to scrutinising government decisions, contracts and public expenditure, insisting that the caucus will not relent in holding the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) accountable.
In a Facebook post on Friday, October 30, 2026, Afenyo-Markin said the Minority would continue examining government documents, questioning public spending and measuring government promises against actual performance, regardless of which political party occupies the Presidency.
“The Mighty Minority will continue to read the documents, examine the contracts, question public expenditure, and measure government promises against actual performance,” he stated.
He explained that the Minority’s oversight activities were not driven by opposition to the NDC for its own sake but by the need to ensure that accountability remained a fundamental principle of democratic governance.
“Not because we are opposing the NDC for opposing sake, but because accountability must never depend on who occupies the Presidency,” he added.
Afenyo-Markin also maintained that assuming public office did not exempt government officials from criticism, describing public office as a responsibility held in trust for the people.
“Public office is not a personal possession; it is a public trust. Holding office does not grant anyone immunity from criticism,” he wrote.
He argued that questioning government contracts, demanding transparency and asking the administration to fulfil its promises were legitimate democratic responsibilities and should not be interpreted as personal attacks or attempts to undermine the government.
“Questioning a contract is not a personal attack on the person who approved it. Demanding transparency is not an expression of hatred. Asking government to honour its promises is not an attempt to undermine it. It is simply democracy at work,” he stated.
The Minority Leader further accused the NDC of adopting a different attitude towards accountability since assuming power, contrasting its current response to criticism with its conduct during the eight years it spent in opposition under the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration.
He recalled that the NDC had consistently scrutinised government contracts, challenged appointments, interrogated public expenditure and questioned government promises during the Akufo-Addo administration.
“They called it patriotism. They insisted that no government should be above scrutiny and that public officials must be held accountable,” he said.
According to him, it was unreasonable for the governing party to champion accountability while in opposition and subsequently portray similar scrutiny as political hostility.
“The NDC, now in government, cannot demand a different standard from when it was in opposition. It cannot teach Ghanaians to scrutinise power and then become offended when the same is done,” he stated.
Afenyo-Markin also urged the NDC to accept the same standards of accountability it previously demanded from the NPP, insisting that the principle must remain consistent regardless of changes in political power.
“If members of the NDC were right to demand accountability from the Akufo-Addo government, then they must be prepared to accept it now that they are in office,” he added.
He concluded by reiterating the Minority’s determination to maintain its oversight responsibilities, declaring that the caucus would not back down from demanding accountability from the government.
“The standard members of the NDC demanded when they were in opposition should be the same standard they must live by, and we, the Mighty Minority, will not renege!!” he declared.
