News:
November 21, 2017
50 back benchers selected from both the Minority and Majority side of the House are benefit from a post budget workshop in Koforidua which ends today Monday 21st November 2017.
Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu who is also a member of the Business Committee of the House, expressed dissatisfaction with a decision by the Business Committee to go by the standing order to select chairs and ranking members of selected committees for this workshop.
He called for MPs from both side of the House to be considered for post budget workshop since they will all be taking part in the debate of the 2018 budget as well as consideration of committee report and selection of members was not helpful.
Parliament can never lack and Parliament will not lack if it takes its rightful place, “we control the purse, the Ministry of Finance cannot spend without the approval of Parliament”, it happened during our administration post budget workshop should be for every Member of Parliament he said.
Again the leader of Government Business and the Speaker of Parliament should not have budgetary constrain.
This came to light when leader of Government Business, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu presented, Business statement for this week on the floor of the House.
The Majority Leader urged members to avail themselves for all this important workshop and participate in it fully, since it will provide a programme to equip MPs for consideration of the 2018 budget debate.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com