The UG investigation is false – the deputy of Aowin dismissed

Regional News from Friday, June 14, 2019

Source: Daniel Kaku

2019-06-14

The opposition party, the National Democratic Congress member for the Aowin constituency in the North West region, the Hon. Mathias Kwame Ntow described the latest edition of an evaluation survey conducted by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana (UG) as empty.

This survey follows a survey conducted by the University of Ghana on the 275 deputies elected, which revealed that 180 outgoing MPs would probably be removed from office if elections were held today.

This means that only 95 deputies are likely to retain their seats.

A total of 27,500 Ghanaians in five randomly selected constituencies in each of Ghana's 275 constituencies participated in the study, whose findings were unveiled on Monday, June 10, 2019 at the faculty's auditorium. Law of the University of Ghana. .

The study, entitled "Evaluation of 275 Members of Parliament – Voter Perspectives", focused on the performance of legislators, both at the constituency and badembly levels.

But speaking to the media on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, the NDC MP, the Hon. Ntow expressed doubts about the terms and parameters on which the evaluation was conducted.

According to him, the researchers who worked badly did not manage to contact them (deputies) before presenting their final report.

He said that members can not work in Parliament and be in their ridings at the same time.

"Their investigation is false and fraudulent because they have failed to contact us, you can not do such research without soliciting our views," he hinted.

He continued: "I am calling Mathias Ntow, MP for Aowin, and they can not conduct such an investigation in our absence while we are working in Parliament, so I say that their investigation is false".

He concluded: "As we speak, I am building a state-of-the-art bridge in my constituency and I am running a lot of projects, so you visit my region during the parliamentary session days to evaluate me, this investigation is false and fraudulent. ".

However, the minority leader of Parliament, the Hon. Haruna Iddrisu further commented in the House on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, that they were alarmed by the findings of the report which tends to suggest that 180 MPs would be likely to be elected in the 2020 elections.

"We are alarmed by this publication because we already have a very worrying attrition rate to which the majority leader has spoken in this House. 180, what will remain in the experienced hands of this Assembly? Imagine the chairman of Parliament's Finance Committee (at this point, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah replied that he was already laughing at his colleagues), the Hon. Dr. Assibey-Yeboah and the role he plays in this House.

"Since it's just that he's going away with the tiger wave wind from a free zone somewhere." So, Mr. President, it's so important that I wish to raise our point of order Article 191, which states that "The House may at any time, by motion, appoint a special or ad hoc committee to inquire into any matter of public interest and to consider any bill that does not fall within the jurisdiction of the House. the competence of a standing committee or a special committee.

"This is an important issue and I agree with the Senior Vice President that we need to work with universities and this research institution to better understand who we are, what we do, what our expectations are, even though I admit that there is a conflict of roles and confusion reigns every day on the role of a deputy, but this confusion should not emanate from a university when ordinary members of the public, probably uneducated or poorly educated, reach these hypotheses and conclusions. we can forgive, but coming from the academic world is even more worrisome, and therefore I support the first vice-president who asks a committee to make her understand the foundation of the work that we have done. We will explain our part to enrich the work we have done. we do, "he said.