News:
November 13, 2018
Member of Parliament (MP) for Adaklu Governor Kwame Agbodza has put a strong defense to have more members on the floor of the House to deliberate and pass a critical bill such as the Right to Information Bill 2018.
According to the Adaklu lawmaker the argument advance that in advance democracies like the United Kingdom there are eleven (11) or twelve ((12) who stay in the House of Commons to do legislative work, Ghana is not there yet.
He added that the more lawmakers the House has on the floor to do business the better product of law the nation would have such as the Right to Information Bill 2018.
Mr. Kwame Agbodza made this revelations in an interview in the wake of constant call for quorum by MP for Ningo-Prampram Samuel George Nartey and Kwabena Tahiru Hammond on three occasions this week alone.
“We need to pass a law that would stand the test of time, I would not encourage that we copy what have in the House of Commons a critical bill like the RTI should not have only (12) members in the chamber to pass it”.
In a related development, he indicated that he is happy that his crusade to get the House start proceedings early has been successful but lamented over the numbers present in the chamber when business starts.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com