News:
March 2, 2018
Member of Parliament for Adaklu, Kwame Governors Agbodza, is advocating for sitting in the House to start exactly 10:00am whether leadership of both sides of the House are in the chamber or not.
According to the Adaklu lawmaker, Speaker Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye comes to the House on time, “there is no standing order which says leadership or MPs must be around before the Speaker enters the chamber”.
He noted that the only way to change this attitude is for the Speaker to enter the chamber at 10:00am to start business of the House, if we do not have the numbers around 10:00am the Speaker should “adjourn” the House.
Mr. Agbodza said the President said he is in a “hurry”, he should come and see if his Ministers are adhering to the same principle, “if they cared about what the President said they should have been here by now, look at the chamber empty Wednesday morning” he lamented.
“I would keep talking about this until there is a change, do you know how many times people tell me you would change, where did you get this strange idea from we would change you “but I refuse to be changed”.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com