A study conducted by Civil Organisation, Odekro has named Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament Adwoa Safo, Assin Central MP Ken Agyapong and former Navrongo Central MP Mark Woyongo among 50 worse performing legislators in the sixth parliament.
The report also cites the Deputy Majority Leader who is also MP for Dome Kwabenya and Mr Agyapong as having made zero contributions in the House, while Mr Woyongo scored 18.12 percent
On attendance, all three MPs scored 40 percent. The report also listed MP for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, MP for Kpone Katamanso, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo and former Ledzokuku MP Benita Sena Okity-Duah among the worst performing MPs.
For a House that demands members to talk and debate issues of policy, the report named former Dadekotopon MP Nii Amasah Namoale, former Savelugu MP Mary Salifu Boforo and former Jomoro MP Francis Anaman as silent MPs. These MPs did not make a single statement or contribution during the entire four-year tenure of the sixth Parliament.
However, the report names Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, Tamale South MP, Haruna Iddrisu and Nadoli Kaleo MP Alban Bagbin as best performing MPs. Asawase MP, Muntaka Mubarak, Old Tafo MP Dr Anthony Akoto Osei and Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga also made the best performing MPs list.
In all, the report states that only only 52 MPs, representing 18.9 percent of the total number of 275 contributed to amendments of the over 81 bills approved by Parliament within the period.
Also about 73 MPs were absent without permission while 28 never absented themselves without permission.
Content Manager of Odekro, Lolan Sagoe-Moses told journalists at the launch that even though a large number of MPs made statements on the floor of Parliament and about half of them asked questions, only 52 of them contributed tangibly to law making.
He described the trend as disturbing and added that when the organization sought to find out the reasons for the trend, “we found out that half of the 52 MPs who contributed to bills were leaders of parliament, that is, chairpersons of committees as well as majority and minority leaders.”
Mr Sagoe-Moses said this could be as a result of the order of precedence and how it limits or provides opportunities to some MPs to contribute to Bills.
“We will require some more research to say that for a fact. Another possible reason could be the language barrier,” he said.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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"husband" and "wife" ..."beauty" and "beast" flock together...hahahaa
Kwa51a if you dont ague in paliament, then why are you there. it is part of their Job description. If everyone goes there and sit silent how will we get good laws and bills to be passed..massa stop this party co;ours and lets make ghana great again. Ken is a great man, that does not make him a good law maker...as for adjoa sarfo, the little said about her, the better.....educated iliterate
This is propaganda from NDC
Fo o l I s h report by ***barred word*** people behind it
this can not be true, Ken Agyapony for me and many Ghanaian s is one of the best, he exposed a lot of the corrupt acts
I think they just added ken Agypong and Adjoa safo to make their report credible ...Hahaha...After reading carefully I don't think we need to waste our time on this report.Next item please!
Who wrote this cesspit of a report full of faeces because the fact is that if one does not argue or speak in parliament does not mean one does not discharge their duties as required ; the question is were these people revoted into power again !!!by their people ; take the case of Ken Agyepong ; this guy is only interested in helping his constituent so if he does nor speak in parliament or spend a lot odf time in parliament he may doing better things with his time outside parliament; besides a lot of the people that you see in parliament although speak do not even understand what they are talking about; they cannot read the small prints in contracts and cannot even do simple calculation or most are paid to keep quiet for 'NOKOFIO' besides most of them do not understand what simple cost/benefit analysis means to a project so as to assist them take logical strategic decisions ;they are there to fulfil the pulpit seats in parliament ; some even cannot speak or think logically in english ; that is why some us advocate that one standard local language be used in parliament because we as Ghanaians think in our local languages and not in english; english is an imported language and does not help Ghanaians in our development ; so what is the point in them being in parliament because at least those who do not go into parliament like Ken Agyepong can read ; see and calculate figures in fraudulent over invoicing contracts when they see one !!!!!!!
I disagree with the Ken's inclusion in the list. Why? because he made the revelation of Woyomi's scandal. How many of the so-called best performing MP have such revelations to save us tax-payers' money
Adwoa safo b no 1. Arrogance with no purpose - 'I'm in parliament and making money for myself - that's all'
WHERE FROM THIS ***barred word***