News:
November 20, 2017
The Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei has said he did nothing wrong by presenting the National Identification Register Amendment Bill, 2017 passed by Parliament.
He noted in an interview that the law states that, the Minister of state at the Presidency can present the Bill and pointed out that there was nothing wrong with what he did on the floor of the House, “any of the Ministers of state could have presented this Bill there is not contention” he said.
His comments comes in the wake of Deputy Minority leader, Dr. James Klutse Avedzi challenging if the Old Tafo law maker had the powers to present National Identification Register Amendment Bill, 2017.
Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei noted that the passage of the Bill is in accordance with article 106 of the 1992 Constitution. The Bill was laid on the floor of the House, Wednesday 18th October 2017.
The Bill which was withdrawn on the 14th of November 2017 was re-laid under a certificate of urgency and passed on the 17th of November 2017.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com