Bernard Bediako Baidoo questions why Minority Leader is ‘on his own’
Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has questioned the level of support being offered to the Minority Leader in Parliament amid an ongoing debate over Ghana’s gold sector and related financial matters.
Speaking during a discussion on TV3 on Saturday, August 22, 2026, the MP suggested that the Minority Leader appeared to be handling the matter largely on his own, despite it being an issue concerning the Minority in Parliament.
According to him, while some people have chosen to approach the matter politically, the lack of visible support from other Minority MPs raises questions.
“Someone decided to do pure politics. After all that was said, it appears that the respected Minority Leader is on his own. Where are his colleagues?” he asked.
Baidoo, who noted that he is also a member of the NPP, stressed that the matter should not be viewed solely as an issue involving the Minority Leader.
“My brother is with the NPP, but this is a Minority affair. Is he one of them? How many have you heard?” he said.
The Akwatia MP further questioned why other members of the Minority had not joined the Minority Leader in publicly defending their position.
He said he had appeared on media programmes where he was expected to engage some of his colleagues, but they failed to show up.
“I’ve been on programmes where I was expected to meet my colleagues, but they never showed up. Why have they left the respected Minority Leader to be on his own?” he questioned.
Baidoo also criticised what he described as a situation where the Minority Leader had been left to move from one radio and television station to another to explain the position of the Minority.
“This is a Minority in Parliament issue. Minority Leader is the one hopping from one radio station and TV station to the other,” he shared.
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He continued, “After they’re done with their press conference, they left the rest for the left-leaning to carry on. Unfortunately, they’re not seeing it. It turned out that this is not true and no one wants to put his head on this.”
Turning to the gold sector, Baidoo argued that some of the claims being made about gold purchases did not reflect the realities of how the system operates.
He explained that the price paid to artisans for gold is not simply determined by GoldBod, but is influenced by the broader financial system, including the Bank of Ghana.
“If I’m paid fees for work done, going to buy the gold from the artisans, it’s not GoldBod that determines how much he intends buying under the current regime. Everything is Bank of Ghana,” he stated.
He further noted that GoldBod has certain legal powers that the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) previously did not have.
“Currently, GoldBod has a certain legal whatever which PMMC didn’t have,” he said.
Baidoo, however, acknowledged that if the debate was focused on losses recorded in the gold sector from 2022, that discussion could be held separately.
“If the argument is about the losses generally from 2022, we can have it,” he stated.
He added that, considering the broader economic gains achieved in recent times, he would not necessarily fault the Bank of Ghana for the financial resources committed to stabilising the economy.
“Looking at the economic gains we have currently, I will not fault the Bank of Ghana even if you push it there because they need to use money to actually bring us this far,” he added.
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