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Minority Leader
May 24, 2022
Minority Leader Mr. Haruna Iddrisu at the commencement of the second meeting of the second session of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 said Parliament should make it a point to ensure no government borrows beyond 70 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
According to him there should be collective effort to improve the lives of Ghanaians as Ghanaians are currently suffering and hence lawmakers even had to run out of their constituency earlier than the House resumes.
“There is increasing high cost of living and doing business, the House must look at some matters of public importance; Parliament must set the rules on borrowing. We are a country nearing bankruptcy; we should take a decision as a House to cut down on how government should borrow”.
Mr. Iddrisu further cautioned that the current leader President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government should not collateralize state resources, whether it is Ghana Education Trust Fund, as prospect of the future government should be endangered.
He asserts that the future government being the Minority Party National Democratic Congress (NDC) government should have access to resources to govern properly whiles they assume office come early January 2025.
Touching on the Monday evening rains leading to flooding in Accra, he recounted that the former Minister of works and housing, Samuel Atta Akyea suffered a faith of non-performing because he did not get adequate resources because it was not made available to him to deal with the eminent threat of flooding.
“Leader of government business, remind the President that for the first time he should show the will to reshuffle his cabinet to allow the government to move”, he said on the floor of the House to welcome his colleagues back from recess.
He assured the House that the Minority would support the Speaker to deepen accountability and transparency, despite the fact that they are struggling with financial resources; “I hear parliament is suffering from 50 percent cut release”.
Again, he emphasised that Ghana’s democracy would have to survive the threat of monetization, with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) conducting their internal election his party would follow soon.
“I have evidence that I was under paid but I am told I have been over paid, we would bring this matter to a closure, I understand that it was an administrative error which was situated in 1993, the Auditor General has commented on this issue, my integrity has been touched, I would have a final clarification on this matter”, he stated.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com