{"id":275057,"date":"2011-01-28T14:38:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T14:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=49942"},"modified":"2011-01-28T14:38:43","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T14:38:43","slug":"and-muntaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/28\/and-muntaka\/","title":{"rendered":"And Muntaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_49943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49943\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-49943\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/28\/and-muntaka\/muntaka-avoka\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49943\" title=\"Muntaka &amp; Avoka\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Muntaka-Avoka.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muntaka &amp; Avoka<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMohammed Muntaka Mubarak, Member of  Parliament (MP) for Asawase and Chairman of the Parliamentary Select  Committee on Health, yesterday clashed with his leader, Cletus Avoka,  over the business of the House.<br \/>\nA serious disagreement ensued  between the two when Muntaka pointed out that the members of Health  Committee were marked absent in the votes and proceedings of the House,  although they had sought permission to consider six bills outside  Parliament.<br \/>\nAvoka, who is the Majority Leader and MP for Zebilla,  protested that the committee members could not be deemed to be present  in the House because his directive had been flouted by Muntaka not to  hold the meeting outside Parliament due to fewer numbers in the  legislature.<br \/>\nUncharacteristically however, Muntaka challenged the  Majority Leader, protesting vehemently that his leader was not telling  the House the whole truth about what really transpired before the  committee meeting.<br \/>\nAccording to Muntaka, he reminded the Majority  Leader about the meeting, expecting that permission had been granted in  line with the House\u2019s convention that anytime a committee or a member  made a request for leave of absence, that request was deemed to have  been approved.<br \/>\nHe explained that the Health Committee was given  six bills to consider and so they applied as far back as December to  meet on the bills from January 17 to 23, 2011, with the expectation that  the House was going to reconvene on January 22, 2011.<br \/>\nHowever,  the committee had to reschedule the meeting period, with a reminder to  the Majority Leader, because reconvening of the House was shifted  forward to January 18, 2011.<br \/>\nMuntaka, who is also a former  Minister for Youth and Sports, indicated that he pleaded with his  colleagues to expedite action so they could present their report on the  bills to House in good time.<br \/>\nHe said as result of this, members  of the committee had to use three days to work day and night on the  bills, instead of the originally-planned period of one week.<br \/>\nApologizing  for the apparent confusion, the former Minister urged the House to make  a definitive decision on leave of absence. \u201cIf it is that a member or a  committee should receive a reply to be absent from the House after  making a request for leave absence, then let us agree on that,\u201d Muntaka  urged. Eventually, Speaker Justice Joyce Bamford-Addo ruled all  applications for leave of absence should always be addressed to her for  consideration.<br \/>\nShe also asserted she had to grant leave of absence to any member of committee at all times.<br \/>\nLater,  the Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor,  laid a paper for a Developing Finance Agreement between the Government  of Ghana and the International Development Association for an amount of  $215 million. The loan agreement, when approved, would be used for the  Seventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC-7).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase and Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health, yesterday clashed with his leader, Cletus Avoka, over the business of the House. 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