Minority Press Conference: We wanted to account to Ghanaians – NPP’s Habib Iddrisu

January 28, 2026

The Member of Parliament for Tolon and 1st Deputy Minority Whip, Habib Iddrisu, has explained that the Minority’s recent press conference was intended to ‘account to the people of Ghana,’ ahead of Parliament’s next sitting on February 3.

According to Habib Iddrisu, the current National Democratic Congress government came into office on the back of promises he described as “unrealistic and deceptive,” adding that the Minority’s press conference only sought to remind Ghanaians of some of the “many unfulfilled promises.

Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Tuesday, January 27, the 1st Deputy Minority Whip accused the NDC Majority of pushing legislation through Parliament in a rushed manner, and added that his Caucus is seeking to “prepare the minds” of Ghanaians for what he claimed will be a “very different parliamentary environment in 2026 than in 2025.”

“This government came into office on the back of promises, many of which are unrealistic and deceptive, nothing has been done about those although a lot has been done about other things, the hasty nature of the Majority in Parliament, the irrelevance of their so-called super Majority that Ghanaians gave them, all these were the reasons why we called for that press conference,” he clarified.

He further accused the Majority of abusing certain Parliamentary procedures including the Certificate of Urgency. He argued that while the procedure exists within parliamentary rules, the Majority’s approach amounts to “an abuse of democratic process,” adding that the government has relied on its “numerical advantage in parliament” rather than solid justification for expedited bill considerations.

“Their so-called ‘super majority’ has only been used so far to override scrutiny, the process is being exploited even when certain bills do not meet a genuine urgency threshold,” he said, “last year they introduced about 33 bills under Certificate of Urgency, I cannot even remember any of their bills that didn’t come under certificate of urgency.”

The Tolon MP added that he has raised this concern directly on the floor of Parliament, warning that the Majority is “clearly engaged in both procedural abuse and political overreach.”

“This is an abuse of democratic process, yes, they have the super majority, the committee can decide the urgent nature of the bill, when it comes to the plenary, we can either reject that recommendation or accept, but mind you, they have more than two-thirds majority in Parliament so they always use their numbers. But the question is, can you mention one of the bills that they have passed that is of urgent nature? To what extent? what is urgent about it?” he argued.

“They are abusing the process, the certificate of urgency, and their numbers that the Ghanaian people have given them,” he added, indicating that the press conference was part of a bigger strategy to intensify oversight in 2026.