News:
September 27, 2012
The Chairman of the Committee on Subsidiary Legislation, Hon. Kwame Osei Prempeh have questioned the delay in laying the committee’s report on the controversial CI 78 before Parliament.
According to him, the committee finished its work and made the report ready to be laid four days ago, adding that the delay in laying it raises a lot of concerns.
Hon. Kwame Osei Prempeh raised the issue on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, stating that his checks indicate that the Majority Leader Clestus Avoka was unduly delaying the laying of the report, an act he described as a bad incidence.
“I have been the chairman for this committee for the past 10 years and this has never happen before, never has this committee’s report been ready to be laid and has been delayed as such” he said.
However the Majority Leader Clestus Avoka who objected to the allegations made against him stated that he has no hand in the delay as he cannot solely determine when a committee’s report should be laid in Parliament, adding that it was the work of the business committee to decide when it is appropriate for reports to be laid.
He said the business committee after a meeting on Thursday morning has decided to lay the report tomorrow.
Kwadwo Anim/Ghanamps.gov.gh