NDC could lose parliamentary majority in 2028 - Barker-Vormawor warns

Private legal practitioner, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has criticised the performance of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary majority, describing its influence as “very underwhelming”.

He said the party’s two-thirds Majority in Parliament had failed to deliver major reforms or significantly change the way the legislature exercises its oversight responsibilities.

In a post shared on X on Thursday, October 8, 2026, Barker-Vormawor said the NDC Majority had not introduced major programmatic reforms capable of moving governance in a strategic direction.

“I also believe that the two-thirds has been very underwhelming. We haven’t seen major programmatic reforms that have moved governance in any strategic direction,” he said.

He also criticised Parliament for failing to use its numbers to strengthen oversight of the Executive or address pressing social challenges facing Ghanaians.

“We haven’t seen parliamentary oversight over the executive change in any dramatic fashion and we haven’t seen the power of Parliament utilised to address social issues facing the Ghanaian,” he stated.

According to him, the NDC’s return to power has not been accompanied by a clear programme reflecting the traditional ideals of the political left.

“It will seem the socialist left came to power without a true left programme. The political Left is bereft of ideas as it has always been. No programme of liberation is yet in progress,” he indicated.

NDC is a danger to itself - Gbande sounds alarm

Barker-Vormawor further predicted that the NDC could suffer significant losses in the 2028 parliamentary elections if the current situation continues.

“I predict that 2028 will decimate the NDC majority in Parliament considerably, if we don’t see that majority come into its own very quickly,” he cautioned.

He acknowledged that some experienced lawmakers who previously played influential roles in Parliament have either left the House or taken up ministerial positions, contributing to what he described as an ‘uninspiring’ Parliament.

“Perhaps this is a broader legacy of the hybrid arrangement. That is true. Perhaps it is too much expectations from me on a Parliament that doesn’t know any tricks as to how to be any different,” he added.

Barker-Vormawor suggested, through an analogy, that Parliament could not be expected to deliver significant changes if it continued to operate within the same old patterns.

“As they say in Anloga, you cannot expect the Kama Sutra from those who only know missionary style,” he stated.

His comments followed a poll by Mussa Dankwah, which suggested that nearly 60% of NDC delegates rated the performance of the Madina MP in Parliament as either average or very poor.

Barker-Vormawor, however, said he was not commenting specifically on the Madina MP but on the performance of the NDC’s two-thirds parliamentary majority as a whole.

See the post below

I have seen Mussa Dankwah’s poll showing that nearly 60% of NDC delegates rate their Madina MP in Parliament as between average or very poor.

I have no comment on the Madina MP specifically,

But on NDC’s 2/3rds majority generally. Let me say this. I also believe that the 2/3’ds has been very underwhelming.

We haven’t seen major programmatic reforms that have moved governance in any strategic direction. We haven’t seen parliamentary oversight over the executive change in any dramatic fashion and we haven’t seen the power of parliament utilised to address social issues facing the Ghanaian.

It will seem the socialist left came to power without a true left programme. The political Left is bereft of ideas as it has always been. No programme of liberation is yet in progress. As the French say in Kumasi “dadanoa”.

I predict that 2028 will decimate the NDC majority in Parliament considerably, if we don’t see that majority come into its own very quickly.

To be fair, Some of the old titans who made parliament parliament have left the house or are busy ministers. What we have now is a Parliament that is uninspiring.

Perhaps this is a broader legacy of the hybrid arrangement. That is true. Perhaps it is too much expectations from me on a Parliament that doesn’t know any tricks as to how to be any different.

As they say in Anloga “You cannot expect the Kama Sutra from those who only know missionary style”.

Shalom.

NB. An earlier version of this post erroneously attributed the poll to the entire Parliament.

— Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor (@barkervogues) October 8, 2026

MRA/VPO

THE LOWDOWN: GES PRO Speaks on SHS Placement Crisis and Teachers’ Strike