The Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Alhassan Suhuyini, has urged the Minority leadership in Parliament to reconsider their approach following recent disruptions in the House. Speaking candidly, he described their tactics as reckless and a poor imitation of strategies employed by previous Minority leadership.
The Tamale North MP likened the current behavior to quarrels between siblings, saying,
“When the younger sibling is humble, it is easy for him or her to get sympathy. But when you are younger and you are the aggressor, you don’t get sympathy.”
He expressed concern that the Minority leadership “doesn’t seem to get what time it is right now,” and that their approach fails to understand the current political environment.
Reflecting on past parliamentary conduct, Suhuyini noted,
“The approach that the Harun Idrisu Muntaka-led leadership used was different from the approach that the minority that had equal numbers with the majority exhibited from 2021 to 2024. Our approach was not aggressive; it was strategic. We chose our battles carefully.”
He added,
“We never even engaged them physically in the Seventh Parliament. The worst we did was a walkout, addressed press conferences, and held demonstrations outside Parliament. But what we never missed to do was to always put on record what our grievances were.”
Suhuyini concluded by urging the Minority to “go back to the drawing board” and adopt a more constructive and strategic approach in Parliament.
