The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo-Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs as well as the operations of existing agencies like the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) and others.
Mr. Ayariga is arguing that the government failed to submit operational modalities for the policy framework of some of these programmes to Parliament.
He thus wants the court to compel either the President or the relevant minister to present the pertinent legislation and regulations to Parliament.
His lawsuit notes that he is seeking “an order of mandamus compelling the President or his assigned Ministers to bring to Parliament appropriate legislation establishing the institutions or agencies to implement the said initiatives, and to have proper regulations presented to Parliament for enactment to govern the exercise of discretionary power necessarily implicated in the implementation of the said initiatives once the Appropriations (No. 2) Act, 2017 (Act 951) was passed by Parliament authorizing the appropriation of the funds.”
According to the lawsuit, the MP will also be seeking “An interim order of injunction restraining the President or his agents from implementing the initiatives until such time as the appropriate institutions for implementation are enacted by Parliament and the appropriate regulations to govern the implementation of the said initiatives are also approved by Parliament.”
“If the court agrees with my position, then naturally, the court will be telling them that, go back to Parliament with regulations on how you are going to implement the nation builders’ corps and spend 600 million this year,” Mr. Ayariga told Citi News after the suit.
Among Mr. Ayariga’s points of concern are the modalities for accessibility, non-discrimination agreements and systems to ensure value for money.
The Ghana School Feeding Programme, National Afforestation Programme, Zongo Development Fund, and the Ghana Education Trust Fund are also mentioned in the lawsuit.
Fulfilment of threat
After Abuga Pele and Philip Assibit were imprisoned on February 23, 2018, for their role in the GYEEDA scandal, Mr. Ayariga’s assessment was that they were victims of a system filled with holes that festered corruption.
Abuga Pele, the former National Coordinator of the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA), was sentenced alongside the Chief Executive Officer of Goodwill International Group, Philip Assibit, to a combined jail-term of 18 years on various counts, including willfully causing financial loss to the state.
The imprisoning of the two prompted Mr. Ayariga to give some state agencies an ultimatum to present to Parliament reforms to their regulations or face action at the Supreme Court.
In the week beginning February 26, he said he was going to move against every state agency exercising “unfettered discretionary power without clear non-discriminatory non-arbitrary regulations approved by Parliament governing the exercises of their discretionary power.”
“I shall in the coming week write to each and every agency of government concerned and demand that the regulations be brought to Parliament within 30 days otherwise I will proceed to the Supreme Court to seek an injunction against all that they are doing in violation of the law,” he said to Citi News at the time.
Mr. Ayariga said he would:
Call for the annulment of all modules and contracts entered into by the National Youth Employment Authority that are not founded on approved regulations passed by Parliament, including the annulment of all of Zoomlion’s contracts with the agency.
Demand that the GETFund should award no scholarships.
Demand that the Micro Finance and Small Loans Centre (MASLCOC) must cease operating.
Demand that the Presidency no loner grants international scholarships through the Scholarship Secretariat.
Demand the termination of all contracts under the Ghana School Feeding programme by the end of this term.
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Source: citifmonline.com
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ayariga instead of encouraging your zongo people to access the free shs so their eyes will open to know that violence and killing is not a life, see what you are doing
I think people should understand Ayariga. When he was virtually disgraced after his bribery allegation against the Minister of Energy, he became very frustrated. He now wants to appear relevant in this country. Unfortunately, he is putting so much ingredients in the soup at the same time to eventually make the soup tasteless and bitter. I cannot fathom how the Supreme Court is going to handle all these things he is talking about. That means, for the next two years, the SC will only deal with Ayariga's confusion. Does he sleep at night?
Mahama Ayariga go and see dentist before you come and talk that rubbish. Your teeth is like roasted corn. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUl
It is because no one has time for them. General Mosquito why he cannot join his wife in Kanada. The reason is because everyone in Kanada is too busy to hav his time. It is a land of everyone for himself and God for us all. If Hon Ayariga and his ilks migrate to U-K for instance, what work is he going to do there? His law certificate is only valid in Ghana. That is why they dont want to emigrate to any country.
Ayariga s a big joker! Do you think the Supreme Court is there to support you ratss to render the country ungovernable? What do you think will happen if the SC should grant all that you pray from them? Do you mean students should be sent home because you would have made contracts of all senior high suppliers to be terminated? MASLCOC to cease operations, Zoomlion to stop refuse collection, for how long and you expect the SC to grant you all these? You are simply out of this world. You must living under Alpha Centauri but not this sun. For your information the SC is the third arm of government that see to it that people like you do not hijack the state! Your days as an MP are numbered
What the man is calling for his legislation to regulate all the said activities to reduce corrupting and the temptation to steal from the state. This what makes the difference in the Western countries. In the UK for one the DFID is regulated and the can't act arbitrarily. Their activites and spending are as a result of the act of the UK Parliament.
First of al.....Ayarigate or whatever you call yourself.Please respect yourself and stop the ***barred word*** you doing acting like you know everything.Were you thinking about Ghanaians when you were stealing from from the Sport ministry and @ the Environment ministry too...You sat on radio and said you can answer ***barred word*** questions after stealing money in 2014 World Cup in Brazil....Mr man don’t try cause I know all the Girls you fly them from Ghana to Dubai Switzerland Israel....***barred word*** your mouth before we bring the names out ***barred word*** man.
So what does the NDC wants, you claim to be social democrats and all you can do for us is to steal our monies build filing stations and huge edifices you want Ghanaians to suffer, be uneducated and wallow in poverty so that they can give us fried rice and five cedis for a vote, thanks but no thanks, just wait all the monies you guys have stolen would be retrieved and the thiefs jailed.