GRi in Parliament
23 – 01 - 2003
“Mr Speaker,
should we debate your address?”
Parliamentary
Press Corps extend goodwill message
Volta Region
deserves a state university- Kedem
“Mr Speaker,
should we debate your address?”
He was asked by a member if the speech he delivered at the opening of
the session could be adopted for debate by the House since it contained useful
suggestions. The House is yet to be told when a Speaker had had his speech
debated on the floor of Parliament.
Kosi Kedem, NDC-Hohoe
South, had appealed for the debate because the Speaker had raised pertinent
issues that rested on the running of the House and the response of Executive to
its demands.
Adjetey said: "It would set a dangerous precedent however, if any member wish to quote any part of it, why not." He said
the final decision lies with the Business Committee and he would not want to be
personally involved.
Kedem said he had a genuine cause for raising the issue since the House would
be better off if the Speaker's concerns were debated but the dictates of
politics would not allow such a suggestion to be taken at the first throw.
During the last debate on the State of
Dr Addo-Kufuor later retracted the statement
and declared his commitment to the Busia legacy. J.H.
Mensah, Senior Minister, said the Dagbon crises happened in September 1969,
under the National Liberation Council.
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Parliamentary
Press Corps extend goodwill message
The
Press Corps noted that the ten years of restoration of parliamentary democracy
in the life of the country was indeed no mean achievement and all must indeed
give thanks to the Almighty God for having favoured the country, taking into
account the checkered history of the nation.
These
were contained in a goodwill message signed on behalf of the Parliamentary
Press Corps by Andrew Edwin Arthur, Acting Dean of the Corps in Parliament
House today.
The
message said indeed Parliamentary democracy has come
to stay and members of the Press Corps were delighted to note that Parliament
would remain committed to promoting the fundamental human rights and freedoms
as enshrined in the constitution for the establishment of a just and free society.
The
message also congratulated parliament for repealing the criminal libel law that
has for long been a useful weapon in effectively gagging the press. "We
would like to assure Parliament that the Press Corps would continue to
communicate the views of the leadership and Members of Parliament responsibly
to the general public".
The
statement said the Press Corps prays that the New Year and the opening of the
Third session of parliament should bring about fresh hope to Parliamentarians
and the Press Corps in the strengthening of Parliament as the hub of democratic
governance in the country.
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"All
that this statement is asking for is that the acute in-balance in the
geo-political distribution of state universities in
"A
careful historical analysis of the geo-political distribution of these
universities is rather interesting and instructive. The
He
said University College of Education is located in the former Gold Coast Colony
while the
According
to Kedem," the same statistics have also
revealed that the Former Togoland under
He
said even when
He
said the people know and appreciate the importance of university education and
they would do everything possible to sustain a university if established. "The
region has more than adequate qualitative human capital to man any university
established in the Region.
Kedem said the absence of a University has resulted in the heavy drift of
human capital to other parts of
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