News:
November 15, 2017
Member of Parliament for the Adentan constituency, Yaw Buabeng Asamoah has urged school children to take their education seriously to enable them become useful citizens in future.
The MP made the call in an interaction with students of the East Bank Senior High School (SHS), located in Adentan when they visited Parliament to familiarize themselves with the working of the legislative arm of government.
According to him the whole world is driven by knowledge hence government’s decision to invest in education through the implementation of the free SHS policy.
The lawmaker encouraged the children to use social media wisely to avoid abusing it. He educated the students on work of parliament.
Mr Buabeng told the students that nobody including the President is above the law of Ghana and urged them to disabuse their minds from the perception that MPs are above the law.
He explained that Members of Parliament were only immune from arrest when they are performing their lawmaking duties to enhance the process of lawmaking but can be arrested if the Speaker is written to that effect.
By Christian / kpesese/ghanamps.com