Financial Analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford has counseled the leadership of Parliament to admit it erred by importing furniture from China to furnish the chamber.
He has also advised that immediate steps should be taken to remedy the situation.
[contextly_sidebar id=”HPsSfuQFfEeCYbnfp6dHCKdMGqh1cSxS”]Last week, Parliament resumed sitting in a newly refurbished chamber fitted with sophisticated gadgets all aimed at enhancing the work of Ghanaian law makers.
However, it later emerged that the furniture was procured from China at a cost of GHC 22 billion.
The leadership of the House justified their decision, explaining that the local manufacturers were not up to the task of providing the large quantities of furniture within the stipulated time.
They also disclosed that more furniture is being imported from both China and Italy to furnish the Job 600 office complex for Members of Parliament (MPs).
Some local furniture producers expressed their disappointment and urged government to patronize their products which according to them, are of better quality than those imported from China.
A day after the new seats were unveiled, some began to break; a situation which caused some Minority MPs to demand that their old chairs be brought back into the House.
Casely-Hayford on Eyewitness News remarked that it is unjustifiable for government to state that local furniture companies cannot provide the products within the set time.
He described it as a “complete fallacy to say Ghananian companies couldn’t do this [produce furniture in large quantities].”
The Financial Analyst therefore admonished government to support local furniture companies both financially and logistically to help them compete with their international counterparts.
By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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