News:
October 3, 2018
Member of Parliament (MP) for Adaklu before the close of work on Thursday requested from the leadership of the House, if letters to MPs research assistants were ready following directives given by the Speaker earlier in the week.
According to the Adaklu legislator he sent some of the research assistant to the Human Resource of Parliament and the indication he is getting that they have seen their names on a list of paper, but their letters had not been given to them yet.
In an interview he said, “ I do not want to jam the gun by saying they have failed, I want to wait till Friday to see if those letters would be in the hands of the research assistant it would be a step to improve the quality of MPs”.
As to whether MPs in their various fields are not well endowed with experience and knowledge, he noted that as an architect he does not have knowledge in everything.
Mr. Kwame Agbodza noted that research assistant is not supposed to be an expert in everything, but should be someone who should take up a subject and be able to dig out for information, that is why the person should have a masters, first class or second Upper in first degree.
He further gave instances where whiles in the chamber considering a document, MPs are served with other documents, adding he noted that, they would not have time to go through that document, research assistant would be able to do a quick summary which would help MPs a great deal.
And pointed out that in other jurisdictions MPs have as much as five research assistants and in addition, Ghana should also be looking at getting experts in areas like finance, health and other areas.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com