A lot of MPs are running on pressure pills – Salam Mustapha

Salam Mustapha has given a shocking revelation about the Members of Parliament which may form part of the reasons why some have decided to leave the House.

Ghana’s House of Parliament will in January, 2025 see the exit of some senior members as 18 long-term law makers have declared their decision not to contest their seats again.

The 18 Members of Parliament are on the side of the New Patriotic Party; it is also rumored that some Parliamentarians on the political divide, particularly the National Democratic Congress, are also planning to follow their NPP colleagues.

The NPP MPs who will not join the next Parliament include the Majority Lead­er and MP for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu who has served in the House for seven terms, First Deputy Speaker and MP, Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu with four terms, Kennedy Ohene Ag­yapong, Assin Central with six terms, Joe Ghartey, Essikado-Ketan (five terms), Samuel Atta Akyea, Akyem Abuakwa South (four terms) and Dan Botwe, Okere (four terms) among others.

Contributing to a panel discussion on Peace FM’s morning show “Kokrokoo”, Salam Mustapha, the National Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party, revealed that most of the MPs depend on “pressure pills” in their daily living.

He explained that the MPs receive so much pressure from their constituents and Ghanaians at large that by the time they leave office, they are worn out and due to the amount of pressure on them, they have resorted to taking pills to steady their nerves.

“What happens in the course of service when the pressure comes to take everything away from you and leaves you virtually with nothing?”, he rhetorically asked.

“When you go to the House of Parliament, a lot of them are running on pressure pills because everyday they wake up to demands…Any time you will see a former MP, you don’t see them in a state that they are happy”, he stated.