NDC wants super Majority to push constitutional amendments - Nkrumah alleges

The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of pursuing a calculated plan aimed at securing a dominant majority in Parliament to enable changes to the Constitution.

Speaking to journalists in Parliament on December 9, 2025, Oppong Nkrumah compared the current developments to earlier controversial exits in Ghana’s public service.

He recalled that before the NDC assumed office, there was what he described as an openly signalled agenda to remove the Chief Justice, which was later carried out under the cover of due process.

'Fight' breaks out in Ghana's parliament

According to him, a similar approach is now being applied to the Electoral Commission.

“There is a pre-advertised agenda to remove the EC Chairperson and her deputies. It is being carefully rolled out, and they will keep saying it is all about procedure. If anyone still doubts us, we are saying clearly that there is an agenda to secure an overwhelming majority in this House for the purpose of constitutional amendments,” he stated.

Oppong Nkrumah also assured that the Minority will remain resolute and will continue to caution Speaker Alban Bagbin against any pressure to declare the Kpandai seat vacant, stressing that the Speaker has already ruled on the issue.

“All we can do is to stand firm and remind Mr Speaker not to give in to any pressure to declare the seat vacant, because he has already made a decision on the matter. No amount of pressure should cause him to reverse that ruling,” he said.

His statement come at a time of rising tension in Parliament, following a standoff in which Minority MPs prevented Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga from addressing calls for the withdrawal of a letter that declared the Kpandai parliamentary seat vacant.

The situation led to a temporary suspension of proceedings after Minority MPs, clad in black, chanted slogans, banged tables, and disrupted the sitting.

At the centre of the dispute is a letter dated December 4 from the Clerk of Parliament to Electoral Commission Chairperson Jean Mensa, notifying her of the vacancy of the Kpandai seat after a High Court decision.

The Minority has described the letter as inappropriate and regrettable, arguing that it undermines the rule of law.

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“We are left with no choice but to withdraw cooperation.” Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, MP for Ofoase- Ayirebi reacts to the Kpandai seat vacancy controversy in Parliament, accusing the NDC of a grand scheme for absolute power emphasizing that procedures are being used to perpetrate injustice. #Kpandai #GhanaPolitics #KojoOppongNkrumah #ParliamentDrama #ChannelOneNews #ChannelOneTV

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