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Speaker urges MPs
to live up to expectation
Accra, Feb. 02, Ghanadot/GNA – Mrs. Justice Joyce
Bamford-Addo, Speaker, has said the success of the Fifth
Parliament greatly depended on how the legislators assimilated
the rules of procedures of the House in discharging their
legislative functions.
She said the Institution of Parliament and Members of Parliament
(MPs) would not be spared the scrutiny of the watchful eyes of
the media and the public because they had been entrusted with
political authority by the good people of Ghana.
“In the light of this, any acts of commission or omission will
not be glossed over by the media,” Justice Bamford-Addo said at
the opening of a week-long orientation workshop for the MPs at
the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration in
Accra at the weekend.
“You must always remember that the capacity of members of the
House to perform their oversight responsibility will be
questioned when weaknesses in the quality of your work as
Parliamentarians are exposed,” she said.
Justice Bamford-Addo said: “for the one week that you will be
here to receive tutelage by renowned resource persons on an
array of topics, which hinge on our Parliament, let us take a
non-partisan and sober reflection of our role in refining the
legislative process.”
Peter Cardinal Appiah Turkson, Archbishop of Caper Coast, who
spoke on post-election harmony, said the MPs should see their
role as leaders as a divine mandate to fulfil the aspirations of
the people.
He said they should discharge their duties in a non-partisan way
by building consensus and harmonious relationships in their work
in parliament to push the nation forward.
Mr Alban Bagbin, Majority Leader and Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu,
Minority Leader, in brief remarks, urged the MPs to take
advantage of the workshop and build their capacities to enable
them to contribute meaningfully to work in the chamber.
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