{"id":154506,"date":"2024-02-22T06:26:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T06:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/22\/ablakwa-raises-alarm-over-700-unaddressed-cases-by-parliamentary-committees\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T06:26:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T06:26:29","slug":"ablakwa-raises-alarm-over-700-unaddressed-cases-by-parliamentary-committees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/22\/ablakwa-raises-alarm-over-700-unaddressed-cases-by-parliamentary-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Ablakwa raises alarm over 700 unaddressed cases by parliamentary committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has disclosed that about 700 cases referred to various committees in Parliament for investigations have not been acted upon by the designated committees.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, and some Members of Parliament have over the period lamented the delay in the presentation of committee reports on matters of national interest to the plenary for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>While raising concern about the delay by the Majority Caucus to expedite the composition of its members on the ad-hoc committee set up to probe matters relating to the stalled National Cathedral project, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa called on the Speaker to crack the whip on the leadership of such committees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are either taking our constitutional mandate seriously or not. 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