National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart and former Ghana Ambassador to the Netherlands, Dr. Tony Aidoo, has slammed Minority Leader and MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
Dr. Aidoo stated that the Minority Leader is suffering from cognitive dissonance. According to him, Afenyo-Markin’s boisterous behaviour at the Appointments Committee of Parliament is very characteristic of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“Afenyo-Markin’s behaviour, excuse me to say, he is having a very tough case of cognitive dissonance,” he said while contributing to a discussion on the recent happenings in Parliament, particularly during the vetting of ministerial nominees at the Appointments Committee.
“Cognitive dissonance, in socio-psychological terms, says that when your cognitive elements appear to conflict, you are compelled to restore consonance by either eliminating or devaluing one of the elements that you believe is busy. And that is how Afenyo-Markin has been behaving,” explained Dr. Aidoo.
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