News:
March 1, 2018
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford S. Bagbin has expressed worry over the habitual lateness of Members of Parliament to the chamber.
According to the former Majority Leader, the Speaker Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye is always ready before 10:00am when business of the House usually starts, “it is not proper that he enters the chamber when it is empty”.
He noted that most of the time the chamber is empty but the Speaker is ready and advice member to be on time.
That was when the Member of Parliament for Adaklu, Kwame Agbodza wanted to know from the Second Deputy Speaker on Tuesday if proceedings of the House would start at 10:00am as he catalogued, number of weeks and days the House has always started late.
Leader of Government Business, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, revealed that the Speaker is always in the House early but most of the time the chamber would be empty. The point raised by the MP for Adaklu is “genuine concern”.
“The burden is on us as MPs to be in the chamber as early as possible for business of the House to start”.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com