News:
December 13, 2011
A former Minister of State at the Finance Ministry and Member of Parliament for Tafo, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, has condemned the practice where some ministers fail to honour invitations to Parliament to aid the House in its work.
He said such practices have the tendency of impacting negatively on the country’s quest to ensure development.
The MP raised a point of order on the floor of the House when he realized that neither the Sector Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration nor his Deputy of Foreign and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee were present in Parliament at a time when the budget for the Ministry was being debated for approval.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Alhaji Mohammed Mummuni, entered the House attributing his lateness to the fact that he had just arrived from Tamale.
He commended members for being concerned efforts towards improving the good image of the missions and expressed the hope that they would lend their support for the approval of an increment in the Ministry’s budget because it was inadequate.
A total of GH¢93, 438,735 was approved for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration for the 2012 fiscal year to enable it effectively run its activities.
Kwadwo Anim/ghanamps.gov.gh