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General News of Friday, April 12, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-04-12
play videoMember of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has been elected to the position of Presidential Staffers in the country.
According to him, there are certain inconsistencies in the 2018 annual report on the Presidential Office staff signed by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
The report was presented to Parliament on Thursday.
"It is troubling that the Vice President would seek to mislead Parliament in the manner he has done," Mr. Ablakwa stated in a post on Facebook.
Among other things, Mr. Ablakwa complained about the government's delay in submitting the report to the President of the United States.
Section 11 of Act 463 of the Presidential Office Act states that; "The President shall be within 3 months after the end of each financial year. the number of presidential staff employed at the Office, the rank or grade of such staff; and employees in the other public services badigned to the Office. "
Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa in the write-up questioned Government inability to offer explanations as to why government was unable to submit the report within the first quarter.
"No explanation provided for the blatant violation of Act 463".
"The report was submitted by the Vice President, H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. A departure from the practice where the President submits under his signature 11 of Act 463. It remains to be seen what the Right Honorable Honorable Speaker would take on this matter.
Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who is also a member of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee questioned the reason behind Government's decision to add to Ministers.
He cited Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and Mr. Kofi Adda, who headed the Ministries of Inner City and Zongo Development and the Ministry of Aviation.
"The report claims the number of political appointees is 292 out of a total staff of 957. This is the same number presented to Parliament for the 2017 Annual Report. That acknowledged, however, there are clear and obvious omissions. Appendix C and Appendix D3 are strikingly incompatible. "
"The list of Ministers of State presented in Appendix C does not include the Minister of Inner City and Zongo Development, Hon. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid and the Minister of Aviation, Hon. Kofi Adda considering that Appendix D3 states that the Ministries of Inner City and Zongo Development and the Ministry of Aviation operate under the Presidency. "
"Also, conspicuously missing from the list of the Deputy Minister of Regional Reorganization and Development, my good friend Hon. Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah. The number of Ministers given as the subject of the report
Mr. Charles Bissue, who has been indicted in the Anas Aremeyaw Anas, on the subject of illegal mining.
"Item 20 of Appendix D1 reveals rather surprisingly that Mr. Charles Bissue is still a Presidential Staffer contrary to the impression created in the Anas Galamsey," he added.
The total number of staff at the Presidency as of December 31, 2018, was 957, according to the annual report on the Presidential Office Staff presented to Parliament.
The report was submitted to the House in accordance with Section 11 of the Presidential Office Act 1993.
The latest number is a reduction from the 998 which is reported to Parliament for the year 2017.
The list of ministers at the presidency at 10, presidential staff at 28 and other junior political partners, 254.
The total number of civil service and public sector employees at the Presidency stands at 665.
Parliament is expected to consider the report when it returns from recess.
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