News:
January 3, 2025
The Women caucus of the 8th Parliament of the fourth Republic has commended the National Council of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for maintaining the leadership of the Party in Parliament into the ninth Parliament at the end of their Thursday, December 2, 2025 deliberation.
In an earlier press conference they appealed to the National Council to maintain the current Leadership of the party in Majority who will serve in the 9th Parliament as Minority after their heavy defeat.
In an interview with Ghanamps.com, Gifty Twum Ampofo, Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North was grateful that the council listened to their appeal to help stabilize the front of the party in the next parliament.
And more especially maintaining the Deputy Majority Leader Patricia Appiagyei who will serve as a role model for the young female MPs who have been elected to serve in the 9th Parliament as the leadership puts the broken parts together.
“So everyone we lobbied listened to us and we salute them greatly for listening to us to maintain the current leadership”.
As to whether they could not have lobbied for not less than two females in the leadership of the 9th Parliament, she noted that when going for negotiation you do not push too hard; it does not work like that and added that she has heard from the grave vineyard that for the second deputy whip, a female is being considered and the person is an MP returnee.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com