{"id":1100515,"date":"2022-05-26T18:18:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T18:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/26\/parliament-is-broke-finance-ministry-has-delayed-in-releasing-funds\/"},"modified":"2022-05-26T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T18:18:11","slug":"parliament-is-broke-finance-ministry-has-delayed-in-releasing-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/26\/parliament-is-broke-finance-ministry-has-delayed-in-releasing-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament is broke, Finance Ministry has delayed in releasing funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jfyt-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin has said Parliament is financially unstable resulting in the affairs of the House not being able to run properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0According to him, the Ministry of Finance is broke hence not releasing funds to parliament to cater for its activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have any releases from the ministry of finance for us to run parliament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This, he said during the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> sitting of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> meeting of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> session of the 8<sup>th<\/sup> parliament, on May 26, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that Parliament is currently run on previous arrears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat many of you don\u2019t know is that we\u2019ve been running parliament on some arrears of last year and so it\u2019s not easy,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bagbin indicated that Parliament is faced with a lot of challenges due to financial crises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost all our machines are down except one and the previous Parliament has made efforts to try and get replacements,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not getting the necessary financial support to buy new ones even though the board has given approval, we are seriously forcing funding and it is not there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He further appealed to the finance ministry to give parliament the necessary support they need in running its affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the ministry of finance should not treat parliament like a ministry or MDA. This is an arm of government, we are not part of the MMDAs,\u201d he stated. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"o-zHPkOBEBw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasiebo Tau At 1:55PM on Adom TV (26-5-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o-zHPkOBEBw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin has said Parliament is financially unstable resulting in the affairs of the House not being able to run properly. \u00a0According to him, the Ministry of Finance is broke hence not releasing funds to parliament to cater for its activities. 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