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Concerns have been voiced by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin regarding activities that took place on the State House forecourt.
Funerals have taken place on the State House forecourt in the past, particularly for notable Ghanaian political personalities.
However, Mr. Bagbin has stated that MPs’ security while performing their duties is at risk due to these incidents.
These misgivings were voiced by the Speaker on Friday during conversations with the top five participating schools in the National Public Speaking Competition.
“I’m sure when you were coming you heard some noise outside, when we are busy doing our work, then there are people outside there permitted to come and make and noise. By the time we go outside, they could have broken into our cars, and stolen things.
“You talk to them it is like they are deaf and dumb, they don’t hear. We are constrained to be able to function properly,” he bemoaned.
Speaker Bagbin also vented his annoyance at the public’s waning faith in politicians.
“When you hear the politicians talking do you believe it? Once you are a leader and the people following you don’t believe you, you can’t achieve anything,” he said.
On the sidelines of the interaction, he also touched on the Ghana-International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal.
“Anytime they want Ghana to falter and return to them, they will tell their small boys to come and misadvise us. When we do the wrong thing and we collapse, they [IMF] say aha, that is what they do to us. Ghana we have been there 17 times, we have not solved our problems,” he stated.
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