North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has registered his displeasure over 700 unresolved cases referred to various parliamentary committees for investigation.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Mr Ablakwa expressed worries over what he said were delays by the Majority Caucus in determining the members of the ad-hoc committee responsible for investigating various issues, such as the halted National Cathedral Project.
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, along with other Members of Parliament, have consistently voiced their frustration regarding the extended delays in submitting committee reports concerning critical national issues for deliberation during plenary sessions.
Given these delays, he urged the Speaker to take decisive steps against the leadership of such committees to ensure the swift resolution of pending cases.
“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.”