{"id":342150,"date":"2017-01-31T03:05:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T03:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/01\/31\/council-of-state-be-abolished-drain-on-resources-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2017-01-31T03:05:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T03:05:18","slug":"council-of-state-be-abolished-drain-on-resources-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/01\/31\/council-of-state-be-abolished-drain-on-resources-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Council of State be abolished; drain on resources \u2013 lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 30 January 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-01-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/96553462.295.jpg\" alt=\"Council 1\" title=\"Council 1\" width=\"295\" height=\"202\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Legal practitioner, Daniel Sagu Osei<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=146252114537294\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=146252114537294\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1485831917_402_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> With days to the election of the 25-member Council of State, a private legal practitioner has suggested the abolishing of the institution.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Sagu Osei believes the institution has outlived its relevance because the reason for its existence is missing from Ghana&#8217;s governance system.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Joy FM Thought Leadership Debate on the relevance of the institution Monday, he explained the Council was set up to mediate political impasse between the President and Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Coussey Committee established in 1969 to consider the governance structure of Ghana proposed the institution to &#8220;serve as a buffer institution [sitting] between the Prime Minister and President.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Council, he continued was later inculcated into the 1992 Constitution to perform roles that are not binding on the President.<\/p>\n<p>With Ghana practicing the Presidential system of government, the Junior Partner at Kulendi @ Law said the institution has grown needless because its very foundation has been taken away.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/76736239.jpg\" middle=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no provision for a split executive&#8230;We don\u2019t need them [Council of State members] to resolve any dispute,\u201d he said forcefully drawing applause from the audience who had gathered at the Alisa Hotel to partake in deliberations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/27406850.jpg\" middle=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 51 updated by: 51 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 30 January 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-01-30 Legal practitioner, Daniel Sagu Osei With days to the election of the 25-member Council of State, a private legal practitioner has suggested the abolishing of the institution. 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