He said his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) tried convincing the Fomena MP to join them so that they would form the majority caucus but due to the influence of the powerful king he did succeed. The Asawase MP who is also the Minority Chief Whip was reported to have said this by myjoyonline.com. I told her what we are ready to offer if he comes on board until a powerful king called him and obviously we all respected that king so…“So yes, there was an attempt to poach him to the NDC and we were almost succeeding then the powerful king called him. The Asawase MP also disclosed that he advised the deputy speaker not to take up any ministerial position offered by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Fomena MP, Andrew Asaimah Amoako declared he would stand as an independent candidate after losing the New Patriotic Party (PP) primary for the 2020 general election.
