{"id":9071,"date":"2022-11-04T16:45:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=9071"},"modified":"2022-11-04T16:45:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T16:45:40","slug":"fuel-price-is-killing-us-lets-sit-two-days-in-a-week-mp-for-asuogyaman-tells-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=9071","title":{"rendered":"Fuel Price is Killing Us, let\u2019s Sit Two Days in a Week- MP for Asuogyaman tells Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

The l<\/strong>awmaker for Asuogyaman Constituency in the Eastern Region, \u00a0Hon Thomas Apem Nyarko, has pleaded with the leadership of Parliament to consider scheduling the businesses of the \u00a0House to sit for two days instead of the four to spare Members of Parliament (MPs) the cost of fuel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to him, since Parliament resumed sitting two weeks ago, plenary has only been spending two hours or less each day and wondered if the days could not be reduced and the working hours extended to six or eight hours instead.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cThe business for this particular meeting is the budget and I have observed that for the days that we\u2019ve been here, sometimes we come and in less than two hours we adjourn for the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m asking whether it will not be possible for the Business Committee to consolidate and pack the activities so that instead of four days we can come like two days in a week in order to be able to save on the amount of money we are using to fuel our vehicles each day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The member narrated that on Wednesday he visited a Goil Filling Station to have his tank filled and was given a bill of GH\u00a23,000, and had to call a colleague for an extra GH\u00a2900 to be able to pay for the fuel as he only had GH\u00a22,100 on him at the time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had to call my colleague, Hon. Jaja to send me money through the Momo that I avoid using before I was able to pay my bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo looking at the kind of business that we have, is it not possible\u2026 because we can stay for six hours a day instead of coming for two hours and we go back. Drive here, and two hours we go back. Pack the day, if even it is eight hours we\u2019ll be willing to stay and do the business for like two days. That way we can save like GH\u00a2500 on fuel every week.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is in line with a proposal by President John Mahama to organizations to allow those who can work from home to do so because the fuel situation is killing us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, however, rebuffed the call and stressed it is when the state is in dire consequences that members of Parliament are called upon to increase productivity.<\/p>\n

He argued that for a Member of Parliament to say the House should work just two days in a week, \u201cMr. Speaker is a very apocalyptic declaration from the Member of Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will be the effect on national productivity, this call that you are making? And what would be the effect on GDP,\u201d he quizzed.<\/p>\n

The Majority leader expressed regret and described the call as very unfortunate<\/p>\n

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Hon Thomas Ampem Darko<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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