The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has described as unjustifiable government refusal to furnish Parliament with the list of presidential staffers.
He said 2017 ended without the Office of the President providing the list to parliament although it is a constitutional requirement.
According to him, several creations in the office of the president require that parliament is made aware of persons appointed to work in the presidency to ensure transparency and accountability.
“Where is the accountability and transparency? We demanded it [list] on the floor of parliament because we wanted to know as the numbers have been bloated,” he said.
In November last year, the Minority Leader on the floor of Parliament demanded that government respects the laws of the country and submit the list to the house.
His demand got the support of the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, who said, “the Minority Leader is saying that the house must demand it (list of staffers)…I think that is a matter of course…before we adjourn on December 22.
"I think we should request for that information to satisfy ourselves about the expenditure involved with the staff at the Flagstaff House,” he added.
Fast forward to 2018 and the Tamale South legislator is still unhappy with government's posture on the issue.
Mr Iddrisu who said he got hints of the presidential staffer via the budget told Joy News’s Elton John Brobbey that President Akufo-Addo is busy appointing persons to the offices which are not a creation of the statute.
“You see him create deputy chief executive of an office yet in the law there is no position for such a person [in that particular office]…
“At best, they send two deputy chief executives when there is only one deputy chief executive,” the former Employment and Labour Relations Minister said.
Parliament rejected the 2018 budgetary allocation for the office of the Senior Minister for its planned programmes and policies.
The parliamentarians rejected the budget estimated at GH¢6 million arguing that the office was not a legal creation and therefore could not be allocated any funds from the national budget.
The Senior Minister office headed by Yaw Osafo Maafo was created by President Nana Akufo-Addo when he assumed office.
Leading the charge for the rejection Mr Iddrisu argued that the Senior Minister’s office is expected to coordinate the activities of other Ministries, Departments and Agencies and thus cannot be treated as a separate Ministry without legal backing.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Does it require one whole year to submit list of names of your staffers? This is preposterous!! I did not expect that to come from Nana Addo. He msut immediately furnish parliament with the list and possibly their respective monthly salaries.
It is sad to see what is happening in the current Ghana parliament with Ayariga, Suhinini, Muntaka, and more particularly Ablakwah Okudjeto, and others propagating lies about hard working Ghanaians. They wrongly attack the intergrity of institutions and personalities about matters that they do not have adequate information. They make dangerous conclusions with no logical basis. And all this is happening because we have empty charlatan as a minority leader.The address of Victor Gbeho at the parliamentary inquiry shows the minority MPas as being mischievousssss or acting by impetuousssss. The minority can spare themselves of such a disgraceee by changing their leader and save the integrity of the parliament
This style of opposition has really failed Ghanians big time. If you don't have anything to say keep quiet and remain in Parliament. It looks like they the Opposition want to be heard and now they have turned themselves into laughing stock. They are really Babies with sharp teeth and loud noise without any points.
What do you need that for?is that going to better your constituents lives? Ndc are just us*less in parliament, everything they bring out is irrelevant since this government took over they've never said anything to help the people not even thinking about their constituencies ,they only think of themselves and I pity those who vote for these people to get their lives better at their expense.Ndc is not good for Ghana.
ONLY CHILDREN WITH NAIVITY ONLY CRYING OVER IRRELEVANT ISSUES IN LAW HOSUE
They are only following your footsteps