{"id":384352,"date":"2017-12-18T17:47:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T17:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=384352"},"modified":"2017-12-19T07:28:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T07:28:52","slug":"85-mps-absented-themselves-from-parliament-without-permission-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/85-mps-absented-themselves-from-parliament-without-permission-report\/","title":{"rendered":"85 MPs absented themselves from parliament without permission – Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ministers of State who double as Members of Parliament, were the worst culprits of absenteeism without permission during the First and Second sittings of the seventh parliament, 2017.<\/p>\n
The Ministers, including deputies, absented themselves from at least 15 sittings without the permission of the Speaker of Parliament.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”7Y9xZR2pP2J5Ty6pK6vr5h9jtTkzLabK”]This was contained in a report by Odekro, a civil society organization focused on activities of the legislature.<\/p>\n
According to the report, the guilty MPs consisted of 18 Ministers and 21 Deputy Ministers.<\/p>\n
Some of these MP-Ministers included Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Dan Botwe, Samuel Ata Akyea, Catherine Afeku and Ignatius Baffour Awuah.<\/p>\n
On party affiliations, Odekro found that, 28 NDC MPs, representing 28% of the absentees, did not report to the house for at least 15 sittings without a written permission to the Speaker, beyond the limit that Article 97(1)(c) of Constitution allows.<\/p>\n
NPP MPs who were guilty of the same offence, were 57 in number, representing 72%.<\/p>\n