Parliament is losing its quality - E.T Mensah

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Enoch Teye Mensah, has described as worrying, the attrition rate in Ghana’s Parliament.

The Legislator explains that this development is not helping the growth of Parliament as a law-making institution.

ET Mensah was particularly worried about the loss of some experienced MPs in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries.

Over the weekend, 24 NPP MPs, many of them front benchers, lost in their bid to contest the 2016 parliamentary elections.

Some of them included Dr. Richard Anane of Nhyiaeso Constituency, Dr. Afriyie Akoto of Kwadoso and Francis Addai-Nimoh of the Mampong Constituency.

Speaking to journalists in Parliament on Tuesday, the Ningo Prampram legislator emphasized that the trend will weaken Parliament.

“These are lessons that all of us must learn. The attrition in Parliament is not helping the growth of Ghana’s law making body. It doesn’t happen anywhere,” he said while cautioning against what he termed “Ma obi so nko bi” mantra.

Source: citifmonline