{"id":444979,"date":"2017-12-08T18:38:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/08\/you-dont-need-a-degree-to-become-mp-cletus-avoka\/"},"modified":"2017-12-08T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T18:38:08","slug":"you-dont-need-a-degree-to-become-mp-cletus-avoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/08\/you-dont-need-a-degree-to-become-mp-cletus-avoka\/","title":{"rendered":"You don\u2019t need a degree to become MP &#8211; Cletus Avoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  8 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/91586781.295.jpg\" alt=\"Cletus Avoka1\" title=\"Cletus Avoka1\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Majority Leader, Mr Cletus Avoka<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512758288_174_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">An experienced legislator and former Majority Leader, Mr Cletus Avoka, has said one does not necessarily need a tertiary education certificate before he\/she can become a Member of Parliament (MP).<\/p>\n<p>According to him, a parliamentarian needs to be well-informed, have respect for and be cooperative with people from the various government departments he or she works with, adding that failure to do these will undermine his or her efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, appreciated that due to technological advancements, an MP needs to be more proficient before he or she can imbibe the modern knowledge in the world now.<\/p>\n<p>In his view, proficiency in the English language is essential, adding that passing the language at the senior high school (SHS) level is enough.<\/p>\n<p><b>IEA research<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The former MP for Zebila said this in an interview with GBC\u2019s Behind The News last Tuesday while responding to a recent research conducted by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA).<\/p>\n<p>The report has it that most constituents claim their MPs should have a higher level of education to be able to work efficiently in the legislature. However, Mr Avoka thinks otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is some justification in that demand, but I won\u2019t say you need a tertiary educational certificate,\u201d he opined.<\/p>\n<p>Though Mr Avoka claims a degree is not necessary, he thinks having a better curriculum vitae (CV) increases one&#8217;s credibility, especially on an international mission in the name of his country as investors look at the people they deal with when making negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they look at your CV and discover you have a low level of education, the value of respect they give to you will be very little as compared to someone with a higher level of education,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The former MP also noted that: \u201cGhanaian parliamentarians have always been nicely received by the outside world because of the level of education and the respect they have for them when it comes to educational matters and proficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 8 December 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-12-08 Former Majority Leader, Mr Cletus Avoka An experienced legislator and former Majority Leader, Mr Cletus Avoka, has said one does not necessarily need a tertiary education certificate before he\/she can become a Member of Parliament (MP). 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