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Government is refusing to give attention to roads because of Synohydro agreement

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Ranking member on Roads and Transport, Kwame Agbodza has taken a swipe at government for making it a deliberate policy not to address issues of road and its related issues in the country.

According to the Adaklu Member of Parliament (MP) because of the Sinohydro agreement between government of Ghana and China government, government has neglected the needed attention on roads and its related issues in the county.

“They do not want to put any funds on road and pushing all funds towards their flagship programme Free Senior High School”.

He made this remark in an interview in the wake of a vehicle knocking down a lady students of the West African Senior High School leading to block of road on the Adenta Madina stretch of the road.

“What happened to one of our sisters is so unfortunate, this accident could have been prevented even as this is not the first time that we are losing life”, he lamented.

It is becoming very frequent, “we are told government in a hurry has gotten three Ministries together are wanting to award contract for a pedestrian bridge to be finish up, why do we scarifies life this  way”.

According to him, there is a need to get government to focus and pay attention to this problem and get it addressed once and for all, he emphasised.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

2019 budget debate to start on Tuesday 20th November

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Parliament would start debating the 2019 budget on Tuesday, the 20th of November 2018 with the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta presenting next year’s budget on Thursday the 15th of November 2018.

According to the Majority chief whip, MPs are supposed to have post budget workshop in Koforidua from Friday the 16th of this month to Sunday the 18th.

He further pointed out that clerks to committees would be part of the post budget workshop in the Eastern Region.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

Get your members to Parliament to do government business —Ho West MP to Majority Whips

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Member of Parliament for Ho West, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah has taken a swipe at the Majority Whips for not performing their duties to get their members on the floor of the House.

This follows the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram raising issue of quorum on the floor of the House for the third day running.

According to the Ho West lawmaker he was in a Parliamentary friendship Association meeting when he heard the bell being rang, he had to stop and rush back to the chamber.

“Those raising issues of quorum have their right to do so, but we should know that the RTI has been with us for a decade. Civil society and the whole nation is watching us on this issue but for some technicalities we would have passed it in the sixth Parliament”.

He further informed the House that the Minority side of the House is ready to work, but the Majority side who should be pushing government business on the floor of the House is not doing much.

First Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei Owusu on this part cautioned the Ho West legislator against the debate of, “your side, our side debate”

He further stated that he has a list of MPs who are absent with permission from the House, whiles others are also sitting in committee meetings.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

Three members dispatched to investigate sexual abuse in Sudan—Interior Minister

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Minister for Interior Ambrose Dery has told Parliament Ghana Police Service has dispatched a three member team to South Sudan to investigate an allegation of sexual abuse.

According to the Minister, on 23rd of February this year the Police Service received reports of sexual exploitation and abuse case against some personnel of the Ghana Formed Police Unit (FPU) 1 detachment at Wau Protection of Civilian (POC) Camp South Sudan permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations.

He further pointed out with the UN practice; detachment of forty-six personnel was immediately withdrawn to Juba.

The office of the Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), a UN independent body was commissioned to investigate the allegation.

Member of Parliament from Adaklu, Governor Kwame Agbodza wanted to know the circumstances leading to the recall of the Ghana Police Unit on UN mission in South Sudan on sexual abuse.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

Steps underway to implement arms trade treaty –Minister

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Minister for Interior Ambrose Dery has told Parliament there are steps underway to implement Arms Trade Treaty as his Ministry is working on a cabinet memo on the matter for submission to cabinet for approval.

Member of Parliament for Builsa North James Agalga wanted to know plans to implement the Arm Trade Treaty Ghana acceded to and ratified by Parliament in 2015.

According to the Minister the implementation requires Ghana to put in place certain measures, designation of a Competent National Authority, a National Focal Point and strategies to prevent and address the diversion of conventional arms to unauthorized end-users among others.

He noted that, although there are some laws on arms ammunitions, we need to review our legislation to the United Nations standard.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

Builsa South to get District commander with adequate facilities—Interior Minister

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Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has said the Ghana Police Service would consider deploying a District Police Commander to the Builsa South District when adequate facilities are available for the police to use as a Police District Headquarters.

According to the Interior Minister the District has only one police station located at Fumbisi which is the District Capital.

He further pointed out that there is no office accommodation at any of the communities within the Builsa South District ostensibly for the police to use as a Police District or Divisional Headquarters.

“Mr. Speaker, security in general within the Builsa South District is calm apart from petty crime such as stealing of livestock. No robbery has been recorded in the District this year”.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

 

Buem MP appeals to dissenting chiefs in Southern Volta to support Oti Region

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Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem, Daniel Kwesi Ashiamah has appealed to opinion leaders and chiefs from Southern Volta with dissenting views in the creation of Oti Region.

In an interview he posed two fundamental questions, “do you know the number of benefits that would come to pass with the creation of the Region so that our sisters, brothers who are married to people in Northern Volta would have a happy life and benefit from natural resources?

Again do you know the number of years we would live on this earth, when the region is created are we all not the same people?”

He further pointed out that resources meant for the Region is not touching all parts of the Region, the most “disadvantage part is the Northern Volta”, if you understand this basic principles nobody would argue over this because life is short.

“If I living my life getting to fifty years and my environment is not changing much and I have gone to school to study that an aspect of opportunity that can also help to develop my area is for government to redistribute the national cake. I know from the onset that if this national cake is re-divided and a portion is given to those of us in Northern Volta, we would also feel part of this nation”.

Mr. Daniel Kwesi Ashiamah said he supports creation of Oti Region hundred percent. Whiles growing my forefathers  fought for the creation of the Region, it did not happened, until both the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2016 elections put in their manifesto they would create a Region, he noted.

“My party the NDC is not against the creation of the Region all they are asking for is making the commission of inquiry report public”

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

Quorum leads to suspension of RTI for the second time

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Parliament has suspended consideration of the Right to Information Bill 2018 for the second time due to lack of quorum.

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa Kwabena Tahiru Hammond played a leading role in supporting Ningo-Prampram lawmaker Samuel Nortey George to call for quorum.

Mr. Samuel Nortey George raised the issue of quorum on Wednesday 7th November 2018 around 2:00pm with the second Deputy Alban Kingsford Sumana  Bagbin did not grant the Ningo-Prampram legislator his wish because he had not come properly.

He quoted Standing Order 48, “if at the time of sitting, a member takes notice or objection that there are present in the House, beside the person presiding, less than one-third of the number of all the Members of Parliament and after an interval of ten minutes a quorum is not present the person presiding shall adjourn the House without question put until the next sitting day”.

Second Deputy Speaker Alban Bagbin noted that he could not adjourn the House because both Adansi Asokwa and Ningo-Prampram lawmakers had not come properly, because in their argument they had not stated the numbers of MPs on the floor.

The Ningo-Prampram lawmaker came under Article 102 of the 1992 constitution, “A quorum of Parliament, apart from the one presiding, shall be one-third of Members of Parliament”

Second Deputy Speaker directed that the bill be rang and after ten minutes when the House could not have a quorum, he was forced to adjourn the proceedings in the House.

Out of the two hundred and seventy-five (275) MPs, ninety-one (91) would have formed a quorum but as at the time of counting only thirty-six (36) members were on the floor of the House.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

“Ras Mubarak is seeking cheap popularity” — Joseph Naabu

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Member of Parliament for Yunyoo, Joseph Bipoba Naabu has taken a swipe at his colleague MP for Kumbungu Ras Mubarak describing him as seeking cheap popularity by riding bicycle to Parliament on Tuesday.

According to Joseph Naabu he would not want to give a serious comment on it because he has not seen his colleagues comment on social media, but said it is unfortunate for his colleague to say he would do that.

He pointed out that the situation we find ourselves in Ghana today he does not see things to be so difficult for an MP to say he is using bicycle, “we should not be politicizing our economic situation in a vacuum, he has a V8 four wheel drive”, he lamented.

“We should criticize constructively, we should not do that because we are in opposition, so that those who voted for us our actions are in the right direction, Ghanaians should totally disregard this cheap popularity”.

As to whether he is not feeling the hardship in the economy, he said the economy of the whole world is “hard”, adding that he visited India recently and their economy is hard but they are managing it.

“Again they are the second largest population in the world but they are managing. Is it that he does not have a vehicle and fuel as an MP?”

The Kumbungu lawmaker made this remarks on his facebook wall and indicated that he would be doing this to draw attention to the hard times experienced by ordinary Ghanaians vis-à-vis the constant rise in the price of fuel products at the pumps.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com

“I am riding bicycle to Parliament not for myself but suffering Ghanaians”—Ras

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Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak has said he is embarking on riding bicycle to Parliament not to seek attention for himself but to draw attention of the suffering of the rest of Ghanaians.

According to the Kumbungu legislator there is rising cost of living and rising cost of fuel and as privileged as he is to serve is constituent he needs to draw the attention of government to the plight of the average Ghanaian worker.

“We are not in Parliament to only do legislative work, we represent people and we should be putting their issues out there”, he lamented.

He noted on Tuesday morning he would be in Parliament by 9:00am with his bicycle.

In an interview he pointed out that as representative of the people he has some Ghanaians who come to him, weep and say they cannot meet the basic needs, how times are hard for them surviving is becoming difficult; government needs to give attention to this situation.

Mr. Ras Mubarak also noted that it is not everybody who would master the courage to voice out the suffering, “I want to send out the message of the suffering real Ghanaian to government”.

Some have to go to work with their last money and come home hungry, I have no other choice if you can’t ride a bicycle to raise awareness. For the issue to be top on the agenda then I do not have any reason to represent people, we would do this and tomorrow would take care of itself, he lamented.

Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com