Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Akyenpim Jantuah responded to Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin's public description of her as a "nobody" during the NPP's petition presentation, saying she was there as a representative of President John Mahama, not in a personal capacity, and that the remark undermined the office she represented.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Jantuah said she would not have been offended if Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin had described her as a "nobody" in private rather than in front of journalists and party members. She argued that disagreements should be guided by mutual respect and that focus should have been on the petition's concerns rather than criticism of the person assigned to receive it.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Jantuah responded to Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin's criticism of her role in receiving the NPP's petition, saying she would not have been offended if his comments had been made privately rather than publicly in front of journalists and political actors.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Akyenpim Jantuah says she will petition the Speaker of Parliament if Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin fails to retract what she calls disrespectful comments made publicly during the NPP's petition presentation at the Jubilee House.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Akyenpim Jantuah disclosed that President Mahama personally instructed her to receive the NPP's "Democracy Under Attack" petition because the Chief of Staff and other senior government officials were attending the national memorial for victims of the August 6 helicopter crash. Jantuah said the President made the decision after key officials became unavailable, and the NPP delegation arrived later than initially scheduled.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Akyenpim Jantuah criticized Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin for calling her "a nobody" after she received the NPP's petition on behalf of President Mahama, arguing that his remarks were disrespectful to both her and the President who designated her for the role.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Akyenpim Jantuah has accused the NPP of demanding respect while failing to extend the same courtesy, particularly to women, after the party objected to her receiving their petition at the Jubilee House on August 6. Jantuah said President Mahama assigned her to receive the petition on his behalf because senior officials were unavailable, and she chose not to respond to the NPP's objections because she was representing the President.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →