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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Why the caption "50 Worse MPs'and not "50 Best MPs"? I think we should be more interested in positive issues that motivate and lead to progres rather than tarnishing others hard won reputation. They may be worse to you but best to many other good persons. Or may be your way of assessing one's performance is one of the worst forms. God help Ghana
It will be fair for some of us to have the complete report read before we could make categorical statement. Peacefmonline kindly paste copy online if u have it. Still WHO IS DISTURBING THE NATION?
so the ledzokuku mp, she if cnt talk also did not make it wen it comes attendance to learn. so will she take ex-gratia n still she went to come bak again
A typical Ben Elphson styled research. This whole so-called Research lacks everything and all things credibble.
THIS REPORT LACKS EVERYTHING CREDIBLE. I LIVE OUTSIDE GHANA BUT AT LEAST I'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS ON PEACE OR ADOM NEWS COMING FROM ADWOA SARFO ON THE FLOOR OF PARLIAMENT. WHAT IS THE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND OF WHOEVER IS BEHIND THIS SO CALLED 'ODIKRO' PLATFORM? ABSOLUTE I WANNA BE NO BRAINERS. A CLEAR CASE OF EDUCATED ILLITERATES SINKING GHANA. F00OLS AT WORK. THIS IS OPEN INFORMATION SO WHY LIE? SO SO F00OLISHNESS EVERYWHERE.
As for Ghana we are funny oooo?. Osei kyei Mensah openly that NPP MPS in Parliament are inexperienced and as such what they can do is to give Adwoa Safoa a deputy Majority leader, some one who has not contributed anything in previous parliament? Well Dome people says they will vote for her irrespective of her performance. Anytime I pass through I lough off. They have voted for NPP since and look at the place, very dirty, broken gutters, dusty and stinks oooo West shall see what happens next
SOMETIMES GHANAIANS HAVE TO BE TRUTHFUL. WE DON'T NEED ANY FRIVOLOUS STATEMENTS OR VIEWS FROM AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THE ONE FROM ODEKRO TO KNOW THE TRUTH. DO WE WANT TO SAY OR MEAN THAT NPP, WITH THE CALIBER OF MPs, WILL CHOSE SOMEONE WHO IS NOT PERFORMING AS THEIR LEADER IN PARLIAMENT? ADWOA SAFO IS WELL KNOWN BY GHANAIANS AS VERY ARTICULATE AND ALSO KNOWN EVEN ON TELEVISION FOR CONTRIBUTING HER VIEWS IN THE HOUSE. I WILL URGE THE ORGANIZATION WHICH BROUGHT THIS INFORMATIONTO GO BACK AND DO PROPER WORK.
Asem oooo...i shock saf...we just need to start punishing these politicans paa
Adwoa safo is ***barred word*** Mp with no brainer, Go to Dome kwabenya consituency her sit as an MP , what a hell that place looks, poor sanitation, chocked gutters, poor roads, Dome city the left and the right are occupied by the traders and no free flow of traffic and the places are always jammed. who cares, she does't care, the Dome market and the environs are so bad now you want another post in the Nana Addo's administration,Noway there wouldn't be chance for you,Eight good years on Kuffor administration you didn't do nothing to help that area and what as,you again?
kennedy agyapong deserves to be in the list. he is like the dumbest mp u will ever get. how can people even vote someone like this?