News:
September 27, 2024
Chairman of the Committee on Parliamentary Affairs Alhassan Bashir Fusein has lauded the works of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA).
He affirmed that the MoPA is doing a good work by serving as a coordinating link between the House and ensuring speedy passage of legislations, Bills like the Affirmative Action Bill, that had stayed in the House for so long.
According to him another success of MoPA is the passage of the Private Members Bill, one of the most important Bills that have seen the passage of Anti LGBTQ Bill.
In an interview he noted that President Nana Akuffo-Addo “is running away” from a lot of positive things that have happened under MoPA.
But pointed out in an interview that it’s the prerogative of the President to decide which Ministries to keep and should President John Dramani Mahama emerge victorious, MoPA will not stand alone as a Ministry.
“MoPA will be merged with another Ministry as we see the NPP government has large number of Ministers and a lot of Ministries; we want a downsized Ministries and Ministers”, he noted.
The Sagnarigu lawmaker, further pointed out that, the engagement by MoPA on the validation of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) report on the 1992 constitution is very important, adding that “wisdom does not reside in the head of one person. So the more you open yourself to the participation of people, the greater the perspective of you getting input to enrich the content of your legislation. I salute this ideal of getting broad stakeholder consultation”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com