News:
November 11, 2019
Leader of Government Business, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is lamenting over delays in the submission of committee reports to the floor of the House for discussion.
He was not happy the reports unnecessary delay at the various committee levels and do not find their ways to the floor on time.
He listed sixteen reports before the Constitutional Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, budget performance report office of the Attorney General, Annual Report on the presidential office staff, passive settlement for international dispute report, and performance of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs report for the year 2018 among others.
At the Finance Committee, we have exemption Bills before them, annual report of the energy sector levy, conduct of the mandate of the Bank of Ghana review 2016, and in all there are twenty-eight referrals before the Finance committee.
According to him, he was going through the list because often times they have to adjourn early in the day because the committee’s reports are not ready, and it makes it appear as if there is nothing for Parliament to do.
Committee on Education has ten referrals before them, some are Ghana Agency Book Development Bill, Education Regulatory Service Bill among others. Committee on Roads and Transport has eight reports before it.
“Mr. Speaker the House cannot achieve much results if the committees do not bring their reports to us in the plenary”.
For three weeks in running the Leader of Government Business has been advocating for the committees to expedite work before them as the budget statement would be presented to the House and there would not be time to look a the budget carefully.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com