News:
March 18, 2025
Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon Alban Sumana Bagbin has added his voice to the need to improve security measures around the Parliamentary enclave when the Minority Leader Alexander Kwamen Afenyo Markin raised issues of security at the inauguration of the Parliamentary Service Board of the ninth Parliament on Monday, March 17, 2025.
According to him there is a growing threat posed by intruders that undermine the safety of lawmakers which has resulted in the loss of life of some MPs and the loss of life of staff because of health care, unfortunately the staff could have been saved.
And pointed out that the issue raises by the Minority Leader on the need for Parliament to have its own hospital would be discussed into details and a decision would be taken which would inure to the benefit of every Ghanaian.
Speaker Bagbin further indicated that Parliament is a large community larger than some districts and that he has taken into account as their numbers grow to upgrade their facilities.
“We should provide sufficient facility to deliver to the growing numbers; this should be a responsive parliament as we lead the African continent. Africans are now close to their televisions and watching what MPs do. I was surprised that the President of Liberia was quoting statements that MPs in Ghana made on the floor and they told him how they see him conducting the affairs of the House”.
Again, we are not only working for Ghana, we are working for Africa and the whole world, we should do what is right, what is just, fair and democratic.
“We need to focus issue of governance in this ninth Parliament, if we get our governance correct, we would get all the other sectors right; whether it is the economy, health, or education, they all depend on leadership which is in political governance”, he added.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com