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Rt. Hon Alban K. Sumana Bagbin
November 21, 2023
The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Rt. Hon Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin has hinted that the House will pass the revised standing orders for implementation early next year before it goes on Christmas break.
According to him when this happens seatings of the Committees would be opened to the media and the public and this would happen in the first meeting of the four session of the eight parliament of the fourth Republic.
Again, more structures have been put in place by the Parliamentary service; “we have new organogram; the public affairs department has been restructured, we have Media Relations, Public engagement and working on broadcasting to telecast parliament live.“
This would help us operate a more transparent in a visible way, a more advocacy tool in our disposal, so that Ghanaians and voters would appreciate us better.
In addition July this year I inaugurate a citizen Bureau. This is to address challenges faced by civil society in their dealing with us; it will serve as one stop shop for information. It has been a point of contact for most civil society in obtaining information from Parliament, he explained.
He made this remarks at a Speaker’s breakfast forum organized in Accra on the theme, “thirty years of parliamentary democracy under the fourth republic: Reflections on citizens engagement and the way forward.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com