News:
December 14, 2011
A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) election committee, O. B Amoah, has said creating 45 new constituencies in addition to the 230 seats in Parliament will be too much for Ghana.
According to him, the NPP as a party is surprised about the proposal by the Electoral Commission to create as much as 45 new constituencies as reported by the Daily Guide newspaper in its Wednesday edition.
The Deputy Commisioner of the Electoral Commission, Kwadwo Sarfo Kantanka was quoted by the newspaper as saying, “we have not taken the decision to increase the constituencies yet but we are aware that the population has increased. We are waiting for the official census figures and as soon as we get it, the EC will determine how new constituencies would be created”
Speaking to Citi News, Amoah said the NPP is not against the proposal but challenged the Commission to justify the need for as many as 45 new constituencies.
He said: “We are not kicking against it but the EC must provide basis and facts for arriving at the 45 constituencies they intend to create.
“Looking at the general administrative set up, we think that 275 parliamentarians for almost 25 million people is too much and if we are going to continue this way then we will not be surprised that in 10 years time we would end with 500 Members of Parliament. ”
Citifmonline. com