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June 29, 2021
Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Etse Kwame Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor said it is very important that public institutions in Ghana show respect to each other for efficient and effective delivery.
This was when the Ministries of Roads and Highways, and Works and House failed to show up at the first meeting of the Public Account Committee (PAC) in the 8th Parliament.
According to him it is not a good start for the work of the Committee and he does not think it has happened before that a Ministry has been invited by PAC, and they failed to show up, even not being courteous to write a letter to explain their inability to show up.
“Their inability to come is a gross show of disrespect to Parliament and it is worrisome. I do not know how much it costs parliament to organise these public hearings, so I am unable to tell if surcharging them is punitive enough”, he said in an interview.
And said, he does not know if this would serve as a deterrent to other public institutions that are yet to appear before the Committee, “PAC is working for the betterment of the nation”, he stated.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com