The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu is calling for an increase in the number of parliamentarians from 275 to 300.
According to him, he wants the additional twenty five seats to be reserved solely for women.
He said this during a contribution to a statement on the floor of parliament on women empowerment.
“Mr Speaker maybe today we have 275 seats in Ghana’s parliament, but we could decide to add additional twenty five more seats by dedicating it solely to women,” he said.
This he said, will reflect the size and strength of the political parties in parliament and help encourage women empowerment in the country.
Early on in the month, a former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mrs Nana Oye Lithur, called for appropriate legal and policy frameworks to ensure that all bottlenecks to the empowerment of women in Ghana are removed.
And according to the Minority Leader, if more seats are reserved for women in parliament, it will help strengthen the women empowerment agenda of the country.
Source: Daily Graphic
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Haruna, increasing the number of seats will not save the NDC. Your party is doomed.
Increase what? what has parliamentarians done for this country aside vote along party lines especially the NDC. I always knew Haruna Idrisu was not a serious guy. It is now official, he is not serious. With the NDC set to lose more seats, you are trying to be clever with your lame suggestion.
No Haruna Iddrisu. Rather, the 25 must be reserved for women from the current 275. We must cut the waste. Too much is spent on parliament: your 14,000 cedis salary per month, 168,000 cedis rent allowance for every 4 years, sitting allowances, over 300,000 ESB per member every 4 years and your travel perks. Just too much.
Fuuullishhhh suggestion.... Did you consider the cost implication? Some of you there now must be replaced with women.
IT IS SHAMEFULLLLL THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN PARLIAMENT WHO CANNOT THINKKK RIGHT. I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE MINORITY LEADER TO SPEAK AGAINST ABSENTEEISM AT PARLIAMENT WHICH IS A HUGE DRAIN OF NATIONAL COFFERS. INSTEAD, HE IS TALKING ABOUT INCREASE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS TO INCREASE THE WASTE. THIS I SHAMEFULLL. I WISH, AS A MINORITY LEADER, HE COULD THINK RIGHT. IF THE HEAD IS ROTTTT THE REST OF THE BODY IS NOT GOOD.
Even those of you who are there are just a waste to the country. You can increase it to 1000. Selfish people
Pathetic!!!!! How many of you really deserve to be there? Make every household a constituency requiring one seat! This is selfish thinking. Always looking for ways to divide the country among the ruling class. Why don'tyou rrelinquish your seat for a woman to occupy? Pathetic lot!!!