Parliament accuses Ofori Atta of starving the House of funds

Parliament has accused the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta of starving the institution of funds for its activities.

Consequently, some MPs are advocating a radical stance to compel the Finance Minister to make available funds for activities of the legislature.

According to the leadership of Parliament, allocations to parliament approved in the budget are constantly not released thus making the work of the institution near impossible.

Speaking at a meeting between the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu and leadership of various Committees, Chairman for the Local Government Committee and Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong charged the house to tie the release of funds from the minister to the approval of his budget.

“We approve budgets for various Ministries and we are HIPC, I wanted the majority leader to be here and tell me my budget for local government and what has been disbursed, nothing, how do you expect the committee to work.

“We should the Finance Minister to say that before we approve your budget whatever arrears you have you give it to us first if you say that quickly they will bring it and that is what we have to do,” Mr Agyepong.

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu equally lamented the difficulty the house has had to grapple with as a result of the action of the Finance Minister.

Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh