{"id":366957,"date":"2017-10-31T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=366957"},"modified":"2017-10-31T12:30:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:30:02","slug":"speaker-meets-empty-parliament-scolds-mps-for-lateness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/speaker-meets-empty-parliament-scolds-mps-for-lateness\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker meets ’empty’ Parliament; scolds MPs for lateness"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, is angry at Members of Parliament for being late for meetings of the House today [Tuesday].<\/p>\n
His comments follow the presence of less than five MPs on their seats, at the time proceedings were scheduled to begin at 10:00am.<\/p>\n
Disappointed by the emptiness of the House, Prof. Oquaye rebuked the MPs and charged leaders of the House to get members on the floor to do business on time, saying the tax payers do not expect\u00a0lateness from them.<\/p>\n