{"id":1101854,"date":"2022-05-27T22:05:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T22:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/27\/parliament-is-not-broke-govt-has-released-gh%c2%a225m-arrears-annoh-dompreh-parliament\/"},"modified":"2022-05-27T22:05:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T22:05:43","slug":"parliament-is-not-broke-govt-has-released-gh%c2%a225m-arrears-annoh-dompreh-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/27\/parliament-is-not-broke-govt-has-released-gh%c2%a225m-arrears-annoh-dompreh-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Is Not Broke; Govt Has Released GH\u00a225m Arrears &#8211; Annoh-Dompreh | Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Major Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has said that the government has released an amount of GH\u00a225 million due the Parliament as its budgetary allocation for goods and services.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Speaker of Parliament complained about the delay of the release of the money on the floor of the House because he was not aware of the process involved.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in Accra, Annoh-Dompreh, added that officials of Parliament  the Clerk and Chief Account Officer were aware that the money had hit the accounts of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 they (Clerk and Chief Account Officer) all had knowledge of the processes involved and the fact that the releases had been done \u2026 I\u2019m talking about a GH\u00a2 25 million outstanding goods and services to Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yesterday when Speaker was lamenting, indeed officially the release had been effected, the process had kick start so it was just a matter of a few hours for it to hit Parliament\u2019s account. The Speaker\u2019s statement was a bit presumptuous and if he had exercised a bit of restraint, he may not have made the comment that Parliament is broke,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, said the delay by the Ministry of Finance to release the needed funds to Parliament is affecting the house.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Parliament has no money to function hence the halt in approving financial commitments of the House.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Parliament is currently being run on arrears and the House should not be treated as one of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs),&#8221; Graphic online quoted the Speaker as having said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government has written to the House to reduce their budget by 50 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an arm of government. We are not part of the MMDAs. We have even been written to reduce our budget in some cases by 50 percent,\u201d Bagbin complained.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Ghanaweb.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of . Please report any inappropriate  to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Featured Video\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wB2-NHndouE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Fight Against Sim Card Registration Is Unending- Hon. 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