{"id":128797,"date":"2015-06-27T13:43:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T13:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=128797"},"modified":"2015-06-27T13:43:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T13:43:46","slug":"mps-must-be-punctual-barton-oduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/mps-must-be-punctual-barton-oduro\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs must be punctual – Barton Oduro"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mr Ebo Barton-Odro, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament has stressed the need for members\u00a0of Parliament\u00a0to be punctual.<\/p>\n
‘Honourable Members, let\u2019s try as much as possible to be in the chamber on time,\u201d the First Deputy Speaker said.<\/p>\n
His call was in response to a request by Dr Kojo Appiah-Kubi, Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Kwanwoma, requesting for proceedings of the House to commence on time, so that more work could be done before the scheduled closing time in order to avoid extended sittings.<\/p>\n
For the second week running and next week, the Business Committee had scheduled for extended sittings to make for much work to be done before the House goes on recess possibly by the end of July.<\/p>\n
However, the House has closed for some days within time, prompting Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, MP for Old Tafo, to query why the proceedings had closed early the previous, without the extended sittings when members had psyched themselves to work for extended periods.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the Business Statement for next week, Mr Osei Bonsu Amoah, MP for Akwapim South, suggested to the Business Committee to design a tracking system to monitor compliance of directives from of the House.<\/p>\n