News:
December 13, 2017
Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has taken a swipe at the media in Parliament for not checking their facts before publishing.
He noted that the media is creating political mischief people, when issues come up, they will not place a single telephone call to check their facts.
Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye’s comments come in the wake of a publication in some section of the media with the headline: “Deputy Communication Minister sacked from Parliament”.
Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu Ekuful sort guidance from the Speaker of Parliament if the House had anything against her Ministry, because whiles she was in India on international assignment his deputy was prevented from answering question of the floor.
On Tuesday, the Communications Minister said, “this morning I can see Deputy Minister of Agriculture George Oduro and Deputy Health Minister, Gyedu Kingsley Aboagye were allowed to answer questions on the floor of the House”.
She further pointed out that it was very “derogatory” to her deputy as a person and the Ministry itself.
According to the Speaker, to the best of her knowledge he has not discriminated against the Communications Ministry and want the issue discussed further.
When the Speaker invited leader of Government Business, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonus for his comments, he noted that issue being discussed comes to him as news because he was hearing for the first time.
And recounted that, the Minority leader raised an objection that he saw the communication Minister, a day before the question was asked and did not see why the deputy should be on the floor to answer questions.
Whiles going back and forth, the time allotted for question time elapsed and since the answers to the question had been printed in the order paper it was deemed that the question had been answered.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com