The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin has summoned the Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, and the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta, to appear before the house.
They are to brief the House on measures taken against flooding in parts of the country latest by next week.
According to the former Nadowli-Kaleo MP, the summoned ministers are to provide details on how the government intends to deal with the canker.
“Minister responsible for Works and Housing be programmed by the Business Committee to appear before the House together with the Minister of Finance to give us a brief on the action being taken to make this a thing of the past, and so we expect that at latest before the end of next week, these ministers should appear before us.”
“If the substantive minister is not there, there is a minister of state at the Ministry that can come and represent him, and this is a very important matter and one of the ways we could support national leadership to find a solution is for us to pass the budget Act.”
Mr Bagbin added that the continuous recurrence of the problem should be a cause for concern for all.
“It is a very important subject matter because since I entered Parliament in 1993, we have had so many statements of this nature almost every year, and we are not finding solutions to the problem. I think it starts from the priority settings, and Parliament must be involved and not wait until a month to the end of the year and the budget is thrust upon, and you have no time to talk about even increasing budget allocations,” the Speaker added.
The Speaker’s order followed a statement on the floor of parliament by the Minority Chief Whip, Governs Agbodza.
The Adaklu MP in his statement disclosed that a woman and her two children are missing, with others injured and property destroyed as a result of the flooding in Accra.
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