News:
August 1, 2018
Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye has said he wants to leader a crusade to turn Parliament from only spending to an income generating institution and has backing from the Parliamentary Service Board.
According to the Speaker, Parliament as an institution would not only be spending machinery but would also engage in income generating activities to run the institution efficiently.
He further announced that Parliament is working towards a “paperless system” and hope that all those associated with the process would help Parliament achieve its desire.
“Parliament has lost a lot of lands and is unable to account for lands that belong to the institution, we are taking steps to protect and retrieve our properties”, he lamented.
He again revealed that the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources is assisting Parliament in this direction and future help to acquire part of its lands on the Ring road that are being released and those at Adenta for us to have housing for MPs and the staffs in general.
“We are moving into Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement to maximize the use of these lands to the benefit of Parliament to ensure that our precious assets are guarded”, he said.
Welfare of MPs and staffs would receive considerable attention and approval by the Parliamentary service board, the Speaker emphasised.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com