Alexander Afenyo-Markin, MP for Effutu constituency
John Boadu, a former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has disclosed that the Minority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, was blocked by the party from representing the Effutu constituency as a parliamentary candidate in 2004.
According to him, Afenyo-Markin had won the party’s ticket, but the leadership had their preferred candidate, asserting that he was too young at the time.
Speaking in an interview on Otec FM on February 10, 2025, Boadu added that Afenyo-Markin’s patience had now led him to become the Minority Leader of Parliament.
“In 2004, Afenyo-Markin won as a parliamentary candidate for Effutu. However, when we were about to file, we said he was too young, so we couldn’t allow him to contest because we had someone else whom we could make a minister if he wins.
“So, we called Afenyo-Markin and told him that although he had won the parliamentary candidature on our ticket, we would not allow him to contest because we had someone else in mind.
“He cried several times, but we went ahead with our preferred candidate. He later contested as an assemblyman and became a presiding member of the district. When his time came in 2008, he contested again. And now, is he not the leader?” he said.
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