Member of Parliament for the Effutu Constituency, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has openly stated that he has never aspired to serve as a minister within the government.
Instead, he expresses his strong desire to remain in Parliament, believing that it is the most effective platform for serving the country.
This sentiment was conveyed by the majority leader during an interview with Accra-based Citi TV.
He said “In 2017, when we came into office, I had some expectations but I lost out in leadership, I lost out in ministerial appointments. But on the ministerial thing, I don’t want to be a minister, and I still don’t want to be a minister. I think I should serve in Parliament.
But even so, at the committee level, we had first-timers becoming chairmen and vice chairs, and I was a bob no rank, I didn’t complain, I kept on working. After the incident at the ECOWAS parliament, I sacrificed and came back home.
Later, when my name was taken off the list, there was no notice served on me and I thought we were going to have a renewal. A colleague who was already a chair and a vice chair had another opportunity to serve on the delegation but I didn’t complain. In this game of politics, you can’t survive with bitterness.
If you’re always thinking you’ll go through mental health issues, depression and your immune system will come down. I have a certain view that, whatever your lot, take it and move on. That’s me; I try to take away the pressure from the job, be myself and hope for a better day and alas, that day arrived unexpectedly,” he said.