News:
May 14, 2021
Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi, Yusif Sulemana has said he does not mind if their common fund is scraped, adding that by that singular act, Ghanaians would know nothing comes to them, and then nobody comes to ask for anything.
According to him there is the need for some kind of education as to what the responsibility of the Member of Parliament is, but other school of thought thinks when the MPs Common fund is scraped people would even come to their MPs.
“The little we get is not enough and we have to add our personal monies to solve the small, small problems, which is the debate”.
Responding to the debate on whether MPs are development agents, he pointed out that Ghanaians should be educated to know that they would be the end beneficiaries if they concentrate their demand for development from the Central government and the various Assemblies.
Again, there are some MPs who are well to do, and admitted that, once a while, they exhibit their wealth and it draws out comparison and gave an example with the MP for North Tongu and that of Sawla-Tuna-Kalba.
“Ablakwa is doing A, B and C, why is Sawla-Tuna-Kalba not doing same? That is also another problem. Again, the constituency do have different characteristics and people do not appreciate all these things. My constituency is very vast, and the people may not need ambulance. Their focus may be basic needs like water, if I focus on providing water and someone else goes to provide ambulance then you want to compare us?”
These are the problems, adding that he thinks MPs too must be focused to listen to their people, and provide what they can provide to meet what their people are asking; but damping anything on them is not the best. “If you have ten cedis you spend it in a manner that would benefit the people”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghananps.com