Government has been urged to scrap the Members of Parliament Common Fund and invest the monies in the free Senior High School policy.
Mr. Daniel Acquah explained that, since there was no constitutional provision backing the MP’s Common Fund, coupled with the fact that they are not agents of development, it is appropriate the fund was abolished.
The formula for disbursement of the District Assemblies Common Fund allows MPs to receive four percent of the total allocation to the fund, for purposes of initiating development projects in their constituencies.
Some of the MPs also claim aside the developmental projects, they use a large chunk of them money to pay the school fees of children in their constituents.
But with the implementation of the free SHS policy, MPs are not free to invest the monies into other projects.
Based on this backdrop, Mr. Dan Acquah on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem Friday the decision to allocate part of the common fund to MPs is a misplaced priority.
He indicated that, in order the get sustainable funds to keep the free SHS programme running, government must rather invest the common fund in education.
“Most of the MPs rather spend the monies on unnecessary things instead of investing it in the future of the children. I think government must be bold and scrap it” he stressed.
Mr. Aquah commended government for the wonderful initiative but caution it not to carry the entire burden on its shoulders.
Source: adomonline
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WITH THE IDEA TO ELECT MAYORS AND DCEs IT WILL BE MORE ***barred word*** TO GIVE PART OF THE COMMON FUND TO MPS. LET THE MAYORS CONCENTRATE IN THE ISSUES OF THE DISTRICTS WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM THE MPS. MPs MUST BECOME USEFUL LAW MAKERS AND NOT RUNNING AFTER BUSINESS OF DISTRICTS. THIS MUST BE LEFT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHO BECOMES RESPONSIBLE TO EXECUTIVE AND PARLIAMENT.
Not their common fund alone, their ex-gratia too mostly Okujato and Fiifi Kwatey!
Whoever thinks this initiative is a nine-day wonder is a joke. Once it is a top priority project of the govt for the good of all Ghanaians, funds will always be found to sustain it. As things progress, a more dedicated source(s) of funding will be found to relieve the current sources of funding for other areas of social and infrastructural devt. If MPs will have to forgo their part of the Common Fund to stabilise the funding, so be it. You better join the train of accelerated devt or you'll be left empty at the station of regret. On, on we go!!!!!
Hahahahaaaa, now the battle is on. So there is no funds for Nana's free school? and MP's must sacrifice? a lot more revelations to come up.
makes a lot of sense to me