News:
January 12, 2018
Second Deputy Majority whip, Mathew Nyindam has said members of Parliament on his side of the House would attend to proceedings in the House in their numbers.
According to the Kpandi lawmaker there had been an intensive meeting to address the issues of Ministers and their Deputies not attending to proceedings in the House, which mostly raised by the Minority.
In an interview with the Second Deputy Majority Whip, he noted that, last week Wednesday to Friday witnessed a change in the attendance of MPs from his side and all would be done to keep the number on the floor to do business in the House.
“I think this week you are going to see much improvement, on the attendance of MPs to the House, first of all you are an MP and you have to attend to the House”, he said.
If you follow Parliamentary practice, you would realize that when your party is in government with Majority in parliament, getting them to come to the floor becomes difficult for us, he lamented.
Mr. Matthew Nyindam further revealed that, most of the Ministers and their Deputies for one or two reasons had to travel outside the country, but everything is being done for Majority MPs to represent their constituencies.
We are working on it, sometimes there are situations that are beyond the Ministry, we cannot do anything about it, he lamented.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com