NDC will not take morality lessons from a brothel – Edem Agbana slams NPP

The Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Eric Edem Agbana has launched a scathing attack on the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), accusing them of hypocrisy and lacking the moral credibility to criticize the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) government under President John Mahama.

In an exclusive with GhanaWeb TV’s George Ayisi, Edem Agbana dismissed the NPP’s recent outcry over alleged acts of persecution by the Mahama administration, arguing that their eight-year tenure under former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was marred by a blatant disregard for the rule of law.

Alluding to figurative speech, the MP declared that the NDC "would certainly not take lessons on morality from a brothel,” while reaffirming his party's commitment to good governance and urging collective vigilance by Ghanaians against illegality.

The MP who described himself as a staunch advocate for good governance, asserted his commitment to accountability.

“I am a Member of Parliament. I am an advocate for good governance, and on any day, I would want to see many more Ghanaians speak to issues of accountability and call for the right things to be done,” he said.

“I will be one of the first—maybe among MPs or people within the NDC—to call out any act of illegality in my government if I feel strongly that, indeed, the government is not acting right,” he said.

However, he reserved his sharpest rebuke for the NPP, questioning their newfound moral stance just weeks after relinquishing power on January 7, 2025, following their defeat in the December 2024 elections.

The MP pointed to what he described as a hypocritical shift by the NPP, asking, “If all of a sudden, just a few days or weeks after handing over, the NPP now wants to teach us what constitutionalism and rule of law are, I ask: where were they in the eight years when we saw these unprecedented levels?”

“For eight years, we saw a blatant disregard for the rule of law in this country under President Akufo-Addo and the erstwhile NPP administration. We saw people being held in police custody even when a court had given an order for them to be freed. We saw an unprecedented number of raids by national security on people’s properties and homes,” he recounted specific instances under the Akufo-Addo administration that he believes undermine their credibility.

The MP’s remarks come amid heightened political tensions following the NDC’s return to power, with the NPP accusing the Mahama government of targeting its members through arrests and investigations related to alleged corruption during their tenure.

Edem Agbana however dismissed these criticisms as disingenuous, asserting, “The pretence—as though these people who are now raising issues about the legality of ORAL and what have you just woke up all of a sudden from their eight years of slumber and never saw the things that I’m talking about—is unacceptable.”

Watch the full interview below:



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