By Godwill Arthur-Mensah
Accra, June 20, GNA–Mr. Mahama Ayariga, the Majority Leader and Head of Government Business in Parliament, has entreated newly appointed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and Members of Parliament (MPs) to work collaboratively to avert conflicts that often ensued between them.
Commenting on whether government has credited the Assemblies’ accounts with the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), Mr. Ayariga said the Ministry of Finance had already transmitted the DACF to the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) and believed that the funds had hit the Assemblies’ accounts.
He said after the MMDCEs had completed their orientation in Accra on Friday, June 20, 2025, and adequately briefed about the guidelines for using the funds, they would judiciously use the funds for the intended development purposes in their respective jurisdictions.
The Majority Leader, also the MP for Bawku Central, made remarks on the floor of Parliament, in Accra, on Friday.
Responding to the continuous presence of the ministers in the chamber, Mr. Ayariga said due to the change of sitting time of the House from 1000 hours to 1400 hours, it enabled the Ministers to be at their post at the Ministry in the morning and attend to parliamentary sitting in the afternoon.
On why government suspended the implementation of the Energy Sector Levy, Mr. Ayariga said government was monitoring the global petroleum prices due to the ongoing Israeli/Iranian war, which has the potential of escalating the world prices of the commodity.
The legislator believed that when the raging conflict between the two middle east nations calmed down, the levy would be rolled out in due course.
Responding to the inability of the House to constitute the membership of the ECOWAS and Pan African Parliament, the legislator urged both Whips of the House to work together to select members to form it.
The Majority Leader, also the Chairman of the Business Committee of Parliament, presented the business statement for the fifth week, ending on Friday, June 27, 2025.
He said 58 questions would be asked during the week, comprising 19 urgent and 39 oral questions.
Ministers of State, he said, would make various policy statements on the floor of the House.
GNA
Edited by Benjamin Mensah