Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu has revealed that almost 700 cases referred to various committees in Parliament for investigations have not been acted upon by the designated committees.
Meanwhile,Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, and some Members of Parliament have previously raised concerns over delay in the presentation of committee reports on matters of national interest to the plenary for consideration.
While raising concern over the delay by the Majority Caucus to expedite the composition of its members on the ad-hoc committee set up to probe matters relating to the stalled National Cathedral project, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa called on the Speaker to crack the whip on the leadership of such committees as soon as possible.
He noted that such act does not speak well for the Parliament because the people need response from them.hence every member is expected to take his/her constitutional mandate serious.
“We are either taking our constitutional mandate seriously or not. The people don’t elect us to come to this House to waste time and not attend to matters urgently and to derelict on our constitutional mandate, and so I think it is time to crack the whip.”
“The last time we were at a workshop, the clerk said there were about 700 referrals that have not been covered, and it doesn’t speak well of us.”
