He said the leaders "brazenly defied the leadership of the party and betrayed the collective good for their selfish interest”, adding: “And we must not let them succeed in their parochial quest to destroy the NDC, the party that has done so much for them and all of us.
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Alban Bagbin, Haruna Iddrisu and Muntaka have betrayed NDC - Sammy Gyamfi
Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has accused the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, and Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak of betraying the party.
NDC Communication Director, Sammy Gyamfi
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"The shame they have brought on the party will forever hang like an albatross around their necks."
This comes after thirteen ministerial nominees by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo were approved by Parliament.
There was after an extensive debate on the recommendations made by the Appointments Committee of Parliament.
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Those who were approved via voting per majority decision were Mavis Hawa Koomson for Fisheries and Aquaculture; Kojo Oppong Nkrumah for Information and Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto for Food and Agriculture.
The 10 who were approved by consensus were Albert Kan Dapaah for National Security; Dominic Nitiwul for Defence; Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration; Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum for Education; Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu for Parliamentary Affairs; Matthew Opoku Prempeh for Energy; Dan Botwe for Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development; Ambrose Dery for Interior; Ignatius Baffuor Awuah, for Employment and Labour Relations and Sarah Adwoa Safo for Gender, Children and Social Protection.
Sammy Gyamfi in a Facebook post said it is time for members of the party "to insist on the right changes in the leadership of the NDC group in Parliament or forget about them completely."
He wrote: "Comrades, the betrayal we have suffered in the hands of the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, the leadership of our Parliamentary group, particularly Hon. Haruna Iddrissu and Hon. Muntaka Mubarak, and dozens of our own MPs, are what strengthens me to work hard for the great NDC to regain power.
"They brazenly defied the leadership of the party and betrayed the collective good for their selfish interest. And we, must not let them succeed in their parochial quest to destroy the NDC, the party that has done so much for them and all of us. The shame they have brought on the party will forever hang like an albatross around their necks.
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"These are hard times for all of us but we should not let the betrayal of a few quench our love for the great NDC. Rather, let it strengthen us to fight for this party. We all have an equal stake in this party. They are few, we are many. Some have sold their conscience but ours is intact. And we can work together to rebuild the party from the ashes of 3rd March 2021, which I call “Black Wednesday”- Our day of self-inflicted shame.
"This is the time for us to insist on the right changes in the leadership of the NDC group in Parliament or forget about them completely. The current leadership has lost their moral authority to lead and is not fit to sit on the front bench of the NDC side of the house. More importantly, it’s about time we understood, that we don’t have any NDC Speaker of Parliament. No, we don’t! We have a Speaker who rode on the back of the NDC into Office to pursue his own parochial agenda and nothing more. You trust them, at your own peril.
"The hypocrites can choose to remain quiet or even condemn us for speaking up, so they can remain in the good books of the renegades. But I and all who are pained by this act of betrayal will not keep quiet, because we don’t fear anyone and don’t wish to be in their good books. If they can defy the party leadership and interest openly and subject all of us to public ridicule, then they can and must also be called out openly. The NDC party is supreme and it must be cleansed.
"Speak up, we can and must! And let nobody stand in our way. But, when all is said and done, let’s work for the NDC with all our might and strength. Quench not your love for the party. Hope must not die. This storm shall pass. The NDC will survive and shall bounce back stronger for victory. So I say to you, be strong!"
*Sammy Gyamfi Esq.*
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