President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) Dr. H. Kwesi Ayim-Darke is pushing for quarterly meeting with Parliament’s Committee on Trade Industry and Tourism and expressed joy of the engagement.
According to him it is part of what they call the public-private dialogue series, and expressed the hope that such engagements are structured quarterly to ensure the evolution of free economy where it is more dominated by private sector engagement. And added that the call for PPSD to be legislated for continues engagement is in the right direction.
He also asserts that just as the Deputy Minority leader James Klutsey Avedzi said it is their wish to bring out a private members bill which he calls the ‘budget bill’ as part of the solution. They understand the limitation of policy formulation; policy is initiated from the executive, it goes through the agencies and consultation.
The consultation is just an advisory work; the final decision comes from the Executive. Once you have such engagement, you bring all the policy players in place; “the agencies, the inter- ministerial, so you look at our issues holistically. When you do this consultation it becomes binding”.
An example is in the Obatampaa Project Plan, take time and read, it is a very beautiful well documented project and anytime AGI seats we see our reflection in it, beyond its being captured a very lovely blue print the next stage is execution and this can be challenged by our debt portfolio because you need space to do those interventions, he stated.
So when you bring such document to parliament together in your initiatives you can find away round it; we want to go beyond policy formulation, our plan is we should see a clear plan from MPs that really represent us. The NDPC does the planning, the Ministry of Finance through the Executive sees to such document being executed.
Again, according to the consultations done, it should not be just as advisory document placed somewhere and the party manifesto are driven, “let us focus on the national collectivity that is our approach on this engagement”.
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According to him the fact that some of its members at Abosokai who are predominantly NPP supporters and chose to reduce their prices for NPP coming to power does not make GUTA politically affiliated.
And the same way when NDC wins power you go to Ho market or Tamale market because predominantly they are NDC supporters, they also jubilate does not make the association NDC.
Addressing the Ad Hoc Committee on the motion of censure against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, the Tamale South MP, said the “reckless borrowing” and “reckless spending” by the Finance Minister are the cause of Ghana’s woes.
His comment was in response to a remark made by the co-chairman of the Committee, K.T Hammond, who suggested that Mr Ofori-Atta cannot be entirely blamed for the country’s financial crisis.
An old woman aged 95 affectionately called Awo was among beneficiaries of the Akim Oda MPs benevolence. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Acquah described them as the pillar of the society and called on all to accord them the respect and to support them when the need arise.
Some beneficiaries, who spoke to community news, thanked the Member of Parliament, Mr. Acquah and the NPP officials for the kind gesture; adding that they appreciate the love and care shown to them. They expressed their commitment to support the MP and rally behind him to improve development within the constituency.
But it is not all about his personal life; as a human Right Lawyer, Mr Sosu also devoted time to delve into law practices in Ghana and bring to the fore some of the challenges associated with the legal system in Ghana.
Some of the people who reviewed the books; including Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, a renowned lawyer all shared positive thoughts on the books.
It is the first time the embattled MP appeared in parliament after almost year.
Meanwhile debate on that report is yet to be carried out for the fate of the three MPs including Ken Agyapong and Henry Quartey.