News:
December 14, 2017
The continuous absence of Ministers of State to appear before Parliament to respond to questions from lawmakers has infuriated NDC Member of the Minority for Banda, Ahmed Ibrahim to call on government to hand over the governance of the country to them.
A year on since the last general election that brought the NPP government to power, the Minority NDC said the failure of Ministers scheduled to appear before the house to respond to questions cannot be allowed to continue.
The First Deputy Minority Chief Whip said government business in Parliament must be taken seriously and that if the NPP is not ready to administer power just a year after assuming that position, it should hand over to the NDC which is ready to govern.
“Just one year, if you can’t handle the power, give it to us, we are ready’’ he said.
The dissatisfied Ahmed Ibrahim noted that the frequent abruption of the work of Parliament is adversely affecting the work of the house, this he said is not healthy for the country’s democracy.
The following Ministers who were scheduled to appear before the house to respond to questions failed to appear last Thursday.
They include, Minister for Railway Development, Joe Ghartey, Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta- Akyea and Minister for Regional Reorganization, Dan Botwe.
By Christian Kpesese/ ghanamps.com