Audio Attachment:Ace Ankomah on Joy FM |
Renowned Legal Practitioner, Ace Ankomah has expressed disappointment at the ‘speed’ with which Parliament ratified the military agreement between the United States of America and the Government of Ghana.
He believed, given more time to "read and digest" the issue dispassionately, even "insignificant" Ghanaians like himself, "could have been of help".
"My major disappointment with this is the speed…why were you rushing? If we all had been given the opportunity to have the time to read and digest, and contribute to this, maybe all of us; insignificant us could have help you. Parliament should have given us more time; because then Ghanaians could have digested this; and maybe explanations could have been given or maybe changes could have been made to this…if we had had more time maybe Dominic could have explained to Ghanaians ” he said during a panel discussion on Joy FM’s Newsfile programme.
Parliament on Friday ratified the military agreement even though it generated a fierce debate between the majority and minority members of the House.
Before the ratification, the Speaker of Parliament, and the Minority members walked out at different stages of the sitting after heated exchanges for and against an agreement that will give US military unfettered access to some facilities in Ghana.
The Minority did not hide their objection to the agreement and did not fail to express same during proceedings in the House, Friday.
In their numbers, they washed their hands off the Ghana-US Military Cooperation agreement by staging a walkout in Parliament shortly after the report of the committee on Defence was presented on the floor.
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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Wow, every one in Ghana with a bit of education is an expert meanwhile despite the existence of all these experts, the nation is corrupt to the core, the institutions are ineffective and even common sanitation problems they cannot solve. They all make a lot of noise but never ever offer workable solutions to move the country forward. Have any of these experts examined the military co-operation between USA and other countries and even some of the countries where USA have had a military presence from as far back as the second world war? If these experts are that knowledgeable then they should start by coming up with solutions to problems in the little village that they come from.
this agreement was on the ministers desk for soo many months, if its that urgent. $20 million is the bottom line. npp giving false promises and not having the needed resources to back it up could be one reason. the other reason is you have been called a shithole president , and just been given an award to convince a whole country. if the agreement holds then akuffo addo should think of bringing back the baby mama's and former concubines appointed ambassadors. this is a disgrace to ghana and it shows clearly that we are indeed a shithole country. the minister having benefited from free education should have used a bit of common sense and not rush to parliament for approval just because of $20 million
ACE SECURITY MATTERS IS ALWAYS URGENT. YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THE HARM DELAYED SECURITY RESPONSE HAVE CAUSED THE NATION. MILITARY TAKE OVERS, ARM ROBBERIES CORRUPTION ARE CAUSED BY FAILURES TO RESPOND PROMPTLY TO SECURITY ISSUES.