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March 15, 2025
Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has admonished first-time Members of Parliament to take the three days post budget workshop being organized in parliament seriously and not see it as boring.
According to him MPs should not be too expectant but rather spend time and participate. “Do not walk in and out, stay in and build your capacity and build confidence so that, when the day comes and you are debating and some back benchers are heckling you, you would remain resolute, firm and deliver with the confidence you have developed from this training.”
He added that it is apt to have this budget training programme because it would help their analytical programme, improve their abilities to deal with their inefficiencies and strengthen their oversight functions.
“The Minister of Finance tells us there is one point five billion cedis for agriculture; if you look at the expenditure part, you notice there is some nine hundred million cedis plus has been allocated.
So if you pay attention, these are some of the things you would discover and then you make a meaningful impact in your debate by drawing the attention of the finance minister to this.
You would be able to talk about school feeding has an excess of two billion and other critical areas has less amount, so if you are a member of that committee you would not make a case, he added.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com