Blame NPP MPs for delays in conduct of govt business – Ayariga

Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, has called on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus in Parliament to take responsibility for the delays in conducting government business.

His remarks follow the NPP MPs’ decision, led by Alexander Afenyo-Markin, to boycott Tuesday’s sitting after Members of Parliament from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) took over the majority side of the Chamber.

Speaker Alban Bagbin, citing a Supreme Court ruling that stayed his declaration of four vacant parliamentary seats, adjourned Parliament indefinitely on Tuesday, October 22.

In an interview with Citi News on Tuesday, Mahama Ayariga emphasized that the NDC caucus remains ready to return to Parliament whenever the Speaker recalls the House, expressing their commitment to continuing with legislative business.

“We are in opposition and we are not responsible for conducting government business, but we came in our numbers, ready to assist them [NPP MPs] conduct government business. He [Afenyo-Markin] came and he was more interested in preserving his post as a former Majority Leader.

“So if you say that we have wasted public resources, no. We were in the chamber, ready to do business. He is the one who ran away from his own business. So who is the one who is wasting public resources?”

source: citinewsroom