The Minority Caucus in Parliament has requested to meet with President John Dramani Mahama on July 24, 2025 over what it has described as “issues of great public concern”.
Accordingly, the minority has presented a formal letter to the President ahead of the meeting that will hopefully be held to discuss the matters of national importance.
The letter, signed by Minority Chief Whip, Mr. Frank Annoh-Dompreh, according to information gathered, was delivered to the presidency on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
THE CUSTODIAN has learnt that the Minority Caucus will present a formal petition to the president at the Jubilee House tomorrow Thursday.
In the brief but straightforward letter, the Minority underscored the urgency and importance of the issues they wish to raise, stating that they require “fair-minded leadership and definitive action” from the President.
“I write on behalf of Members of the Minority Caucus to respectfully notify you that we have arranged to present a formal petition to Your Excellency at the Jubilee House on Thursday, July 24.
“The petition details issues of great public concern which require your fair-minded leadership and definitive action to address the challenges they relate to,” the letter stated.
The request, made with diplomatic decorum, reflects growing concerns within the Minority over certain developments in the country, although the specific contents of the petition were not disclosed.
Mr Annoh-Dompreh who is also the MP for Nsawam Adoagyiri concluded the correspondence by expressing confidence in the President’s responsiveness.
“Kindly accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration”, he wrote.
Likely issues of concern
This paper has gleaned that among the issues to be brought to the attention of President Mahama include state security operatives engaging in intimidation and human rights abuses against previous NPP government officials.
The Minority had warned that such actions threaten democracy and investor confidence in the country.
At a widely publicised news conference in March this year, the Minority Leader Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, condemned what he described as a pattern of unlawful raids targeting appointees of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and high levels of insecurity in some parts of the country.
“As unleashed on opponents, particularly the NPP appointees of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the aim of this is to intimidate and frustrate them,” Osahen Afenyo-Markin who is also the MP for Effutu pointed out.
This followed a raid on the residence of former Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor, Dr Ernest Addison, in which some armed men stormed his residence, supposedly searching for cash in a supposed vault.
Similarly, the residences of former Minister for Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta and other ex-government officials were raided.
Other issues to be presented to President Mahama, the paper further gathered, will include the mass dismissal of public sector workers since January 7, 2025; attack on judicial independence as Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo has been suspended by the president.
The suspended Chief Justice is currently facing a five-member committee chaired by Supreme Court Judge, Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang for possible dismissal from office based on what some have people have described as contrived petitions to oust the head of the Judicial arm of government.
