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July 16, 2018
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Leader of Government Business, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has set the records straight that Parliament has not concluded on discussion to build a hotel complex on its lands outside Parliament.
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According to leader of the House, Parliament has almost nine lands outside the premises of the legislature and still considerations are within the incubation stage.
He further added that private people have come to see Parliament to partner it with proposals, and justifies the consideration of the proposal by saying many at times when fresh Members of Parliament come they have no place to stay.
Again they enter into other hotel facilities, “so if a group comes to partner Parliament to develop a facility in which immediately they can rest, it portend good for us, if we are able to get such facility for those who come fresh until they get a permanent place”, he said.
His comments come in the wake of a newspaper publication that, Speaker Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye had sold lands belonging to Parliament. “That cannot be the truth”, he lamented in an interview with a group of Journalist in Parliament.
Mr. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu pointed out that most often than not, committees are heading to Koforidua and Adda over the weekend to have meetings, because those facilities have conference rooms that would accommodate MPs.
“So why not if we can have some group partners Parliament to get a facility that would be at a cheaper cost to Parliament, again Parliament is not going to invest money in this facility, the amount would be source by those coming in”.
We have not concluded on this discussion yet, if it is going to be Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) or whether we shall be equity shareholders, he said.
“Our own consultants would look at the various options they would be involve in the process and advise us on the matter”, he pointed out.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com