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March 2, 2020
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has urged the four-member advisory Committee of the Parliamentary Training Institute to learn from best practice in Kenya and South Africa and impact that in Ghana.
This, according to him would help improve governance regime of the country and also enable the PTI function well as a Parliamentary training bureau. It will also build the capacity of lawmakers and staffs of the service as they contribute tremendously to good governance.
Mr. Haruna Iddrisu made this remark on Friday when the Speaker Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye inaugurated a four member advisory Committee of PTI.
He further thanked members of the advisory Committee for accepting the Speaker’s invitation to help reform, resituate and redefine the PTI,
Also, he was confident that the Committee can improve the standing of the PTI as an institution of academic excellence, so long as Ghana remains committed to its democratic path that it took, with Parliament remaining undisputedly a relevant institution in the democratic process.
The Tamale South MP further stated that given the manifold role of Parliament and its multifunctional dimension, the PTI would be critical in equipping not just Members of Parliament, but Staff of the Parliamentary Service with the needed skills to make Parliament stronger, more transparent and more accountable.
Mr. Rashid Dramani of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs on behalf of the Committee assured the Speaker of their cooperation and support for the honour and confidence imposed in them.
He noted that much of what would happen would depend on who heads the Institute because oftentimes, it is the Chief Executive of an Institute that makes a difference and assured the Speaker that with his help the right person for the job would be found.
The Acting Clerk to Parliament Mr. Cyril O. Nsiah took members of the Committee round and showed them the current physical state of the Training Institute.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com